Re: How to remove cvs watches set by other users

[Jim Hyslop]

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Rez P wrote:
> I was basically asking, is it ok to delete cvs/fileattr files manually
> to remove cvs watchers.  ...  None of our
> current users have set watches and don't care.  Is this a bad way of
> doing it?
fileattr also keeps track of 'editors' - i.e. users who have issued 'cvs
edit.' If none of your existing users use the 'edit' command or watches
(either 'watch add' or 'watch on'), then you should be OK.

> Another question: Is cvs a reserved word?  Currently, on the new server
> where I'm testing and migrating our existing repository, our Linux
> network admin has named the repository /cvs. I'm not sure if that's a
> good idea.
That's fine. I use that for my repository as well. Just don't try to
import a directory named `CVS' or CVS will complain ;-)

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