Re: Problems using CVS transparently

[Pierre Asselin]

In <address@hidden> Sonam Chauhan <address@hidden> writes:

>The proprietary IDE (something called 'webMethods B2B'), though
>lacking version control, has a inbuilt release mechanism. It zips
>up release directories in the working set. These ZIP files are then
>distributed to other servers. Hence we end up with CVS directories
>in 'live' servers. This takes us far far away from 'support land'
>and also may cause complications with the software's  internal
>functioning.

Can you intercept the .zip files and launder them?  My zip man page
says:

        zip -d foo foo/tom/junk foo/harry/\* \*.o

    will  remove  [from foo.zip] the  entry  foo/tom/junk,
    all of the files that start with foo/harry/, and  all
    of  the files  that  end  with .o (in any path).