From: address@hidden (Larry Jones)
To: address@hidden (SINe Wave)
CC: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Problems adding files to cvs?
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
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From address@hidden Mon Jun 04 14:11:38 2001
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In-Reply-To: <address@hidden> from "SINe Wave" at
Jun 4, 1 04:17:40 pm
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SINe Wave writes:
>
> I know this is a real noobie question but i've only recently started
using
> cvs and i dont really know it too well. Anyway heres my problem.
Whenever I
> try to add a file to the cvs tree i get the following error:
>
> RCS file: /test.java,v
> done
> cvs commit: Couldn't open rcs file `/test.java,v': Permission denied
> Checking in test.java;
> cvs commit: cannot open /test.java,v: Permission denied
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
It would have been helpful if you'd shown us the exact command you typed
instead of just the output. It looks like you're trying to add a file
to the very top level of your repository, which is generally a bad idea;
you usually add files to a particular module (subdirectory) rather than
to the top level. It also looks like you have your CVSROOT set to "/",
which is an incredibly bad idea: you wouldn't make "/" your home
directory (I hope), so why are you using it for CVS's home directory?!?
-Larry Jones
You can never really enjoy Sundays because in the back of your
mind you know you have to go to school the next day. -- Calvin