Re: (bug?) cvs returning wrong exit status, depending on # of TAGs?

[Larry Jones]

Alleman, Lowell writes:
> 
> I wrote a bash script that will retrieve a specified version/tag of a CVS
> file without using a sandbox.  I added the option of falling back to the
> "HEAD" tag when the requested version was not available  (by checking to see
> if  "cvs checkout " was successful (0) or not.) 

You don't need to see if checkout was successful, just use the -f flag.

-Larry Jones

Don't you hate it when your boogers freeze? -- Calvin