Re: CVS checkout, excluding some files??

[Riechers, Matthew W]

mmala wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Is there anyway to checkout the repository such that I
> can exclude some files?These files are needed for an
> older release but in the current version they are not
> needed.I know we can make a branch, but is there any
> other method to exclude just some files from
> checkout?They are in different directories.

There isn't a way to control which files you get with a checkout w/o
specifying each directory or file by hand. If you tagged the older
release, you can just "cvs rm" the unneeded files. A checkout or update
will do the right thing.

-Matt