Re: Newbie question

[Mark D. Baushke]

Xicheng Jia <address@hidden> writes:

> May anyone tell me how to checkout just one file from lots
> of files with the same revision number. say: I want to checkout
> a file named "run.c" from the module, but there are many other
> files in the same module(also in the same directory, and with the
> same revision).

cvs checkout -r1.7 module/run.c
 
> Also, how to checkout files without including the directory
> information, say: my module name is "intfc", and all files
> are saved in a directory named "intfc" after I imported them.
> When i checkout, CVS will automatically make a directory named
> "intfc". Is it possible to neglect this directory, and checkout my
> files directly in my current directory.

No.

You may get copies of particular versions of files in the repository in
your local directory using something like:

cvs checkout -r1.7 -p module/run.c > run.c

However, that is unlikely to be what you wanted.

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark