RE: cvs as a heartbeat client (questions)

[Jim.Hyslop]

address@hidden wrote:
> Todd Denniston writes:
> > 5) is there a more efficient way of locking the repository 
> than creating all
> > the `#cvs.rfl' in all the sub directories of all the 
> repositories? That is, is
> > there a single file I can create that blocks access to each 
> repo for the whole
> > repo, instead of what is suggested for backup?
> 
> No.  CVS locking is per-directory.
Todd, would an empty CVSROOT/writers file work for you? It won't completely
block access to the repository, but it will prevent anyone checking anything
in while the file exists.


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Jim Hyslop
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Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
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