Re: cvs checkout produces read-only files

[Richard Wesley]

> Hello,
>
>         I'm trying to get my source code into CVS but whenever I try and
> get it back with cvs checkout, files are read-only, ie.
>
>    518: mkdir cvsTest
>    519: cd cvsTest
>    520: vi README
> [editing]
>    521: ls -l
> total 4
> -rw-r--r--   1 sean     users           5 Feb 27 23:47 README
>    522: cvs import -m "Start of cvsTest" cvsTest spth start
> N cvsTest/README
>
> No conflicts created by this import
>
>    523: cd ..
>    524: rm -rf cvsTest
> removed cvsTest
>    525: cvs checkout cvsTest
> cvs checkout: Updating cvsTest
> U cvsTest/README
>    526: cd cvsTest/
>    527: ls -l
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x   2 sean     users        4096 Feb 27 23:49 CVS/
> -r--r--r--   1 sean     users           5 Feb 27 23:48 README
>
>         So why is it now read-only when all the examples in the various
> docs show the files coming out as they went in?


Sean -

Not sure, but check your CVS_READ environment variable.

In any case, I'd recommend leaving it and using cvs edit to indicate 
which files you want to work on.

HTH,

- rmgw

http://www.electricfish.com/hawkfish/

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