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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 13: The Concurrent Versions System (CVS)
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CVSROOT/history file that the sandbox has been released. You can
use release on an entire sandbox or on one or more subdirectories.
Synonyms: re, rel
Option
-d Delete the sandbox after it has been released.
Example
$ cvs -d cvs:/var/lib/cvs release wizzard
You have [0] altered files in this repository.
Are you sure you want to release directory `wizzard': y
remove
cvs [cvs-options] remove [-flR] [files ...]
The remove command removes a file or directory from the reposi-
tory. It can also be used to undo an uncommitted file addition.
Synonyms: rm, delete.
Standard subcommand options: -l, -R.
Options
-f Delete the files from the sandbox before removing them from
the repository.
Example
$ cvs remove server.cc
cvs server: scheduling `server.cc' for removal
cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file
permanently
rlog
cvs [cvs-options] rlog [options] files ...
The rlog command is a remote version of the log command. rlog
works without a sandbox and requires a file, directory, or module
name from the repository. See also log.
Synonym: rl.
Standard subcommand options: -l.
Options
-b Provide information about only the revisions or a file on the
default branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
-d dates
Provide information on only revisions of a
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