RE: verifymsg script

[Jim.Hyslop]

Christopher Fouts wrote:
> What information does CVS provide that a script that runs
> in verifymsg, ie, during a cvs commit, can process? I want
> to write a script that scans this info and say "Hey I
> was looking for such and such, and didn't find it". The
> commit will then subsequently fail.
Hmmm... the manual isn't very specific, is it?

You could always put in a simple argument echoer, such as:
#!/bin/sh
echo $@
pwd
exit 0

and see what you get.

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