.cvsignore or -I to cvs update don't work

[Kelvin C. Kang]

Dear Sir,

I use cvs. The version information is here:

$ cvs -v

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10 `Halibut'
(client/server)

Copyright (c) 1989-1998 Brian Berliner, 
david d `zoo' zuhn, Jeff Polk, and other authors

What happened is I tried to ignore some gif files when
I cvs update the current directory.  I tried:

1. created a .cvsignore which just contained *.gif
2. move this file into $HOME
3. cvs update -I '*.gif'

None of the above worked.  

1. Did I miss something so it didn't work?
2. How can I check the current ignore listing when I
run a cvs update command (e.g. verbose mode)?  So I
can verify that '*.gif' pattern is in action.

Thanks in advance.



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