Re: cvs tag checkout

[Rohan Nandode]

> No. I think the problem I am having now is that cvs checkout first 
> checks out the entire directory, then tries to remove everything from 
> under it except the ones with the tag we want. So it tries to remove it 
> but says "cannot remove <DDD> : directory not empty".
>
> I dont know if using a Unix repository has anything to do with this.

I have repository on linux and dont see this kind of problem.
Did you try checkout on another m/c?
does cvs update also fails?

May be you can get some more info at:
http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#Some%20commands%20fail%20remotely%20but%20not%20locally%3b%20how%20should%20I%20debug%3f

-Rohan

> Thanks
> Khyati
>
>
> *Rohan Nandode <address@hidden>*
>
> 06/14/2004 11:55 AM
> Please respond to rohan_nandode
>
>        
>         To:        Khyati Nayak <address@hidden>
>         cc:        address@hidden
>         Subject:        Re: cvs tag checkout
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>  > But now the problem is I cannot checkout only the files with a
>  > particular tag because the directory structure cannot be gotten rid of;
>
> if you already have checked out source, then you can use "cvs update"
> command:
> cvs update -r TAG_NAME <module_name>
> or
> cvs update -r TAG_NAME <file_name>
>
> also, speciying "-P"  option would help. it prunes empty directories
> from the local copy.
>
> Did i understand ur problem correctly?
>
> -Rohan
>
>  > I am using a Unix repository.
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  > Khyati
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > *Rohan Nandode <address@hidden>*
>  >
>  > 06/14/2004 11:37 AM
>  > Please respond to rohan_nandode
>  >
>  >        
>  >         To:        Khyati Nayak <address@hidden>
>  >         cc:        address@hidden
>  >         Subject:        Re: cvs tag checkout
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  > I would like to attach specific tags to some files and not modules or
>  >  > directories, how can I do that?
>  >
>  > cvs tag TAG_NAME <list of files>
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  > Also, how can I checkout only a file with a specific tag?
>  >
>  > to get files tagged with TAG_NAME in a module
>  > cvs co -r TAG_NAME <module_name>
>  >
>  > to get particular file
>  > cvs co -r TAG_NAME <file_name>
>  >
>  > HTH
>  > Rohan
>  >
>  >
>  >