RE: EOF while looking for end of string in RCS file : How to dele te problem file?

[Matthew . Riechers]

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> Subject: EOF while looking for end of string in RCS file : 
> How to delete
> problem file?
> 
> I imported some MP3s into CVS by mistake (yes I do own the
> copywrite!).
> 
> With my limited knowlege I only know how to delete them by checking
> the project out and using "cvs delete" to remove the MP3s one by one.
> 
> However, there is one that produces the following error message...
> "EOF while looking for end of string in RCS file
> /var/cvsroot/intranet/audio/Mon27Oct03e0723.mp3,v"

> If I can't check it out then how do I delete the thing? I heard that
> doing stuff directly in the CVSROOT directory is most inadvisable and
> could break stuff if I am no careful.

In this case, if you can't delete the file through cvs, and you're *sure*
you really don't want it there, manually deleting the file is fine.

-Matt