How to checkout n-level of directories?

[Aggarwal, Vineet]

> (1)

> How can I check out the first level or two levels of directories and files

> of a huge module without "recursive descend"?

>

> I only want to look at the available top-level directories.

>

> The following command only check out the "module" directory itself, but I

> want to check out the files and one hierarchy level of subdirectories in

> "module":

> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/module co -l module

>

>

> (2)

> How can I list the first level directories (and probably files) of a module

> without actually checking it out?

> 

 

A dirty solution is to do a local checkout followed by a dummy update:

cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/module co -l module

cd module

cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/module -qn up –d

This will list the directories and won’t checkout.

 

The output can be formatted to a simple list:

cvs -qn up -d 2>&1 | cut -f 5 -d' '

This list may be used to checkout the first level directories (e.g. using xargs)

 

The process may be repeated (using a script) to checkout or view nth-level directories.

 

Regards,
Vinnie