RE: Update?

[Jim.Hyslop]

address@hidden wrote:
> I wanted to use cvs update to see which files have been modified in
> the repository since last update.
> I use the following commands to achieve this in a shell script

[retrieved from other message]
> cvs -d :pserver:myuser:address@hidden server:/rep/my1 login
> cvs -d :pserver:myuser:address@hidden server:/rep/my1 update pl30

> Now I think this is not suitable (or my providers work less than they
> should).
> The goal is to find out how many files have been modified since last
> update.
> How can I achieve this?
> Are there any ready scripts or which cvs command do I have to use?
> I thought update is the right thing.
You're almost there. You want to use a global option that tells CVS not to
actually run the command.

I suggest you spend some time browsing the manual, studying the commands and
their options - it will be time well spent:
https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.18/cvs.html

In order to force you to read the manual, I have not told you exactly which
global option you need to use ;=)

I will give you one tip, though - if you change directories into pl30, you
will no longer need to specify the -d option:

cd pl30
cvs -[ha! you still have to look it up] update

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )