Re: checkout aborted: end of file from server

[Derek R. Price]

Ben Keating wrote:

> > For me, however, when I type the following, this is what happens:
> >
> >       > cvs -td :ext:<accnt on address@hidden>:/<location of repos> co <name
> > of module>
> >          -> Starting server:  rsh <Repos> -l <usr name> /<location of cvs
> > binary> server
> >         cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above
> > messages if any)

"end of file from server" means CVS read EOF from RSH which could mean that it
never connected at all.  Read the "Trouble making a connection to a CVS server"
section of the manual:

    http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_21.html#SEC182

Derek

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