RE: ignored 'core' directory (was: A newbie question.)

[Jim.Hyslop]

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> To the maintainer(s) of the manual: Wouldn't it be good to 
> add a hint to
> 
> http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_13.html#SEC104
> 
> as this really seems to be a FAQ, and it is not easily found 
> if someone
> does not read the *entire* Cederqvist.
I wonder if this could be solved by modifying the behaviour of .cvsignore -
if we could tell CVS to ignore *files* named 'core' but not *directories*
named 'core', then the problem would go away altogether.

Thoughts, anyone?

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