Re: What does cvs admin -l do for me?

[Noel L Yap]

>I have search the archives and I know that locking files has been
>brought up in the past.  According to the manual, -l will lock the
>latest revision number.  But, in the next paragraph it states that I
>need to use rcslock.pl to have a reserved checkout.  I am confused on
>what exactly the -l option would do without the use of the rcslock
>command.
>
>Our process dictates that we only let one person work on a file and so
>we need this functionality.

Why does your process dictate this?  Have you looked at using the edit, watch,
and notify features?  If those aren't enough, have a look at some of the patches
available at www.sourceforge.com under project RCVS.

Noel



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