Re: .cvsrc question (quiet update impossible?)

[Jim Hyslop]

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Stefan Bertels wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as far as I can see I can set the -q (quiet) option in ".cvsrc" only for
> _all_ commands not just for e.g. update. Is this correct?

Yes, that's correct. There is no way to apply global options to
individual commands.

> I'm looking for a solution to make "cvs update" by default quiet and let
> all other commands untouched.

You could set up an alias (or batch script depending on your O/S), and
use it instead. Something like:

alias cvs_update='cvs -q update'

> Extra question: cvs -q update does not show the directory listing, but
> it lists unknown files in the sandbox anyway. Can I supress this? But I
> want to get output for all things cvs does (Updates, Patches, Conflicts,
> warnings, errors ...)

On a UNIX-like command (including Cygwin) pipe the output through:

egrep -v '^\?'

Other than that, I can't think of anything.

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