Re: CVS LockDir Help

[Larry Jones]

William Asquith writes:
> 
> I am trying to use LockDir with cvs1.10.7 on Linux.  My root is
> /home/dotcvs and I want locks in /home/cvslocks.  I have played with
> permissions but still get this:
> cvs checkout: Updating junkcvs
> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot stat "/home/dotcvs/cvslocks": No
> such file or directory
> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot stat "/home/dotcvs/cvslocks": No
> such file or directory

What does your CVSROOT/config file look like?  It looks like you have
LockDir=/home/dotcvs/cvslocks instead of LockDir=/home/cvslocks.  And
note that the LockDir must already exist -- CVS won't create it.

-Larry Jones

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