Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

export

Synopsis

export

  [ -d dir [ -N ] ]
  [ -D date | -r rev ]
  [ -f ]
  [ -k kflag ]
  [ -l | -R ]
  [ -n ]
  [ -P ]
  module 

Export files from the repository, much like the checkout command, except that the result is not a sandbox (i.e., CVS subdirectories are not created). This can be used to prepare a directory for distribution. For example:

user@localhost$ cvs export -r foo-1_0 -d foo-1.0 foo
user@localhost$ tar czf foo-1.0.tar.gz foo-1.0

The standard meanings of the common client options -D, -f, -k, -l, -n, -r, and -R apply. Additional options are listed in Table 18-23.

Table 18-23. export options

Option	Description
- d dir	Use dir as the directory name instead of using the module name.
-n	Don’t run any checkout programs.
-N	Don’t shorten paths.

When checking out a single file located one or more directories down in a module’s directory structure, the -N option can be used with -d to prevent the creation of intermediate directories.