Newbie conceptual problem - getting source files into java server

[Preston Crawford]

I'm a newbie to CVS and I'm setting it up as a source control system for 
Java/JSP development. I'm running into kind of a conceptual (and actual) 
hurdle that wasn't there with Visual SourceSafe. Once I add a JSP or .java 
file to a project and do some work on it, then commit it, I want it to end 
up in the propery directory under the Java web server hierarchy where it 
will get compiled as it should. How does this happen or how can I go about 
setting this up? It seems to me like the only actual physical copy of the 
file is the one in my local workspace. Any help or advice would be 
appreciated.

Preston