commit message fails

[McCann, Brian]

Hi,

When I commit using the -m option, commits messages produce this output
any ideas?
tia
Brian

address@hidden test_cvs]$ cvs commit -m "This is a test commit to see if
the message gets cut short" test.txt
cvs commit: nothing known about `is'
cvs commit: nothing known about `a'
cvs commit: nothing known about `test'
cvs commit: nothing known about `commit'
cvs commit: nothing known about `to'
cvs commit: nothing known about `see'
cvs commit: nothing known about `if'
cvs commit: nothing known about `the'
cvs commit: nothing known about `message'
cvs commit: nothing known about `gets'
cvs commit: nothing known about `cut'
cvs commit: nothing known about `short'
cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!
address@hidden test_cvs]$