Problems restoring a file

[Adam Cohen]

I'm having trouble resurrecting a file that was removed.  I've read section 
7.2 of the cederqvist manual, but it doesn't solve my problem.  The problem 
is that after removing the file and committing the change, I try to 
ressurrect it by typing "cvs add oldballs" (oldballs is the name of the 
file), which gives me the following message:

cvs add: re-adding file oldballs (in place of dead revision 1.3)
cvs add: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently

Which looks like it worked, but when I type "cvs commit", I get the 
following error:

cvs commit: Examining .
cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `oldballs'
cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first!

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I've searched the archives, and it 
seems as though I'm using the correct procedure, but it doesn't work..  
After searching the web, I came up with the following solution which _does_ 
work, but I don't think it's the correct way:

cvs update -j1.3 -j1.2 oldballs

when "running cvs status -v oldballs", I get the following output:

===================================================================
File: no file oldballs          Status: Up-to-date

  Working revision:    No entry for oldballs
  Repository revision: 1.3     /src/master/cscc09/ass3/Attic/oldballs,v

  Existing Tags:
       No Tags Exist

So if anyone can tell me why the "add" command doesn't work, I would greatly 
appreciate it.  Thanks,

Adam

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