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Re: cvs remove fails when file exists on Win32
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Larry Jones |
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Re: cvs remove fails when file exists on Win32 |
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Fri, 31 May 102 11:13:17 -0400 (EDT) |
David Abrahams writes:
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> This appears to be a Windows-only behavior; it doesn't happen on my Linux
> machine. It seems like a bug to me...
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> $ cvs remove foo
> cvs remove: file `foo' still in working directory
> cvs remove: 1 file exists; remove it first
That's the expected behavior. You need to use the -f flag to delete the
local file as well as removing it in CVS. (If it doesn't happen on your
Linux machine, you probably have "rm -f" in your ~/.cvsrc file.)
-Larry Jones
My brain is trying to kill me. -- Calvin