Re: Why I am not getting the files imported

[Kayed Alfi]

Does the size of the directory being imported matters!
Because I imported 245MB of data.  I did force text on
*.fmb and *.pll could this be the reason!


--- Terrence Enger <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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