CVS/root error (or warning) message

[Mark Fraser]

I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows

machines.  The repository is called 'cvsroot' and

is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot

 

Import works fine.  Then..

 

When (on the client) I set an environment variable like so:

 

set CVSROOT=\\ServerName\cvsroot

 

and then do:

 

cvs co projectname

 

It seems to work but I get the message:

 

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   cvs checkout: in directory \\ServerName\cvsroot:
   cvs checkout: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository \\ServerName\cvsroot

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(Then I also get the message when I do cvs commit without the -d parameter)

 

BUT, if I do:

 

cvs -d $CVSROOT$ co projectname

 

 

I get no error message (I also get no error if I use \\ServerName\cvsroot instead of the variable).

 

 

Basically I would like to be able to run the client commands without

getting this message and without having to use the -d parameter. 

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Mark