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RE: CVSROOT problem


From: Jim.Hyslop
Subject: RE: CVSROOT problem
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 09:46:33 -0400

Fouts Christopher wrote:
> Romo writes:
> > 
> > $ export CVSROOT="/falbala"
> > $ echo $CVSROOT
> > /falbala
> > $ cvs update
> > /usr/local/cvsroot: no such repository

> I thought "export" ridded the /CVS directory, hence CVS doesn't
> know anything about what you exported.

Careful - it's not 'cvs export', it's plain 'export' - a shell command to
make an environment variable visible to programs spawned by the shell.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)





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