Re: Determining which files are currently locked by cvs?

[Larry Jones]

McMurray, James writes:
> 
> It doesn't really lock files? The manual indicates that using admin -l will
> lock files. When I run it, I get a response that says file_xxx revision x.x
> locked. If this is not locking files, what is it doing?

Locking revisions.  It's not quite the same thing and nearly everyone
here will advise you never to do it.  CVS is the *Concurrent* Versions
System.  If you don't want concurrency, you're using the wrong tool.

That said, "cvs log" notes locked revisions in the header under
"locks:".

-Larry Jones

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