Re: CVS generates new files

[Rasmus Resen Amossen]

> CVS protects you by keeping an unmodified copy of your file
> in your working directory, with the name `.#file.revision'
> where revision is the revision that your modified file started from.

Ok, that explains it. I just couldn't find any documentation on that, so
I considdered it as a bug.

> In our system the files are named using `.#file.revision` and I
> clean my Master Build Library (MBL) once a month to remove these
> files that are over one month old with the following cron entry:

Do you know how to customize the naming of the backup files? The
preceeding dot is smart in fact that it hides the file during normal
"ls" calls.

Thaks again.

Rasmus