Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of CVS repository download and synchronize - savannah.gnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

Hi again,

I check my mails by date and thus saw your previous mail first.

Your file is ok.  Please reregister and I will approve it. (make a note
in the Other comments field).

Rudy


On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 08:21:00AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
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> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
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> Dhruva Krishnamurthy <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: CVS repository download and synchronize 
> System name: cvsget
> Type: GNU
> 
> Description:
> A PERL script to download/synchronize from REMOTE CVS repository for users 
> behind Firewall and Proxy.
> CVS cannot be used if 22, 2401 and 443 ports are blocked. Using the ViewCVS 
> Web front end, this script downloads the files.
> It uses GNU Wget for the actual remote file download. There are other tools 
> written in JAVA (like CVSgrab), they are prone to errors.
> 
> Some features/dependencies:
> 1. Uses PERL
> 2. Uses GNU Wget
> 3. Downloads the CVS using ViewCVS front end
> 4. Synchronizes using revision numbers (not time stamp)
> 5. Handles deletion of files on remote CVS (part of sync)
> 6. Quite modular, easy to maintain
> 
> Source URL:
> http://schemer.fateback.com/pub/scripts/cvsget.pl
> 
> Other Software Required:
> 1. PERL (tested on 5.8)
> 2. GNU Wget
> 
> Other Comments:
> Free the users wanting to access CVS from fascist firewalls
> 
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