Client Environment Variables
CVS reads the calling user’s environment variables, described in the following list. The variables in the list are read and used by the process that runs on the client computer. Note that these variables must be in the calling user’s environment, so different users may experience different behavior.
Tip
In local-access mode, CVS uses both client and server environment variables.
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CVS_CLIENT_LOG
Used for debugging CVS in client/server mode. This variable should be set to a
filename
. If it is set, everything sent to the server is stored in thefilename.in
file and everything received by the client is stored infilename.out
.-
CVS_CLIENT_PORT
Used to set the port the client uses to connect to the CVS server in
kserver
,gserver
, andpserver
modes. By default, clients use port 2401 (gserver
orpserver
) or port 1999 (kserver
) to connect to the server.-
CVSIGNORE
A whitespace-separated list of filename patterns that should be ignored. See
.cvsignore
in the previous section.-
CVSEDITOR
orEDITOR
orVISUAL
Used to set the editor CVS calls when it opens an editor for log messages. On Unix and Linux systems, this variable defaults to
vi
. UsingCVSEDITOR
to customize CVS is preferred, as the other variables may be used by other programs as well.CVSEDITOR
is searched first, thenEDITOR
, andVISUAL
last. If the-e editor
CVS option is used, it overrides the environment variables.-
CVS_PASSFILE
Used to change the file CVS uses to store and retrieve the ...
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