Re: Why I am not getting the files imported

[Terrence Enger]

At 05:17 2003-12-15 -0800, Kayed Alfi wrote:
> All:
>
> I have imported a populated directory into my
> respository.  I work on WinCVS 1.3.  The files (*.doc
> and *.fmb)  imported fine.  When I tried to checkout
> the files, I get only 1KB of file sizes?
>
> I run on pserver authentication mode, does this have
> to do any thing with admin privilages?  Please help
>
> Thanks,

The last time I had a problem like this was back when I was
using bare-naked rcs.  I did my damage during the checkin,
although it only became apparent during the checkout.  So
your problem may be a different one.  Anyway, here are my
thoughts.

Windows, alas, has two ways of recognizing end of a file.
If you have a byte value of decimal 26 in your data, you
must process the file in binary mode.  The file cvswrappers
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.12.4/cvs_18.html#SEC165>
can make this easier for files you add to the repository
hereafter.  You can mark the file as binary in the
repository using cvs admin
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.12.4/cvs_16.html#SEC120>.
Then, of course, you have to fix up any sandboxes having the
file.

HTH.

Terry.