July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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export
cvs [cvs-options] export [options] project
Create a directory containing all directories and files belonging to a
specified release of a project, with no CVS administrative files. It
acts like a checkout or update for that specific point, but it does not
produce the CVS administrative files. export requires the -r or -D
command options. When exporting, the repository path must be
specified by using the -d repository_path CVS option or the
CVSROOT environment variable. See also checkout and update.
The argument to export can be a directory name or path within the
repository, a filename or path within the repository, or a module
name as specified in the modules file in the repository’s CVSROOT
directory.
You can imply the repository path by being in a sandbox,
but exporting into a sandbox is not recommended.
Synonyms: exp, ex
Standard subcommand options: -d, -D, -f, -k, -l, -n, -N, -r, -R
Example
$ cvs -d cvs:/var/lib/cvs export -D now wizzard
cvs server: Updating wizzard
U wizzard/Changelog
U wizzard/INSTALL
U wizzard/Makefile
history
cvs [cvs-options] history [options] [files ...]
Display the information stored in the history file in the repository’s
CVSROOT directory. If that file does not exist or is not writable,
the history command fails with an error. CVS writes to
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