June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 49m
English
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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.infile 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, andpservermodes. By default, clients use port 2401 (gserverorpserver) or port 1999 (kserver) to connect to the server.-
CVSIGNORE A whitespace-separated list of filename patterns that should be ignored. See
.cvsignorein the previous section.-
CVSEDITORorEDITORorVISUAL 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. UsingCVSEDITORto customize CVS is preferred, as the other variables may be used by other programs as well.CVSEDITORis searched first, thenEDITOR, andVISUALlast. If the-e editorCVS 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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