Re: Setting up CVS

[Fernando Silveira]

Michael,

  Maybe you are thinking that it is set but it is not. If you're using 
"bash" and the command "set" to set it, it does not set the 
ENVIRONMENTAL variable. To set it use the command "export". Each shell 
has its own command ("csh" is "setenv"). To avoid this mistake, use the 
"-d" option telling your CVSROOT as in "cvs -d /backups.save/CVS ...".

Fernando Silveira.

Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> I'm trying to setup CVS on a Linux box. I've created the directory for the
> repository, and set CVSROOT. When I try to import a project, I get the
> error:
>
>         cvs import: No CVSROOT specified!  Please use the `-d' option
>         cvs [import aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable.
>
> Immediately after that, I display the environment variable and get the
> following
>
>         >echo $CVSROOT
>         /backups.save/CVS
>
> Directory CVS *DOES* exist under /backups.save as shown:
>
>         > ls -l /backups.save/CVS
>         total 0
>         drwxr-xr-x  2 michael users 48 2004-09-13 08:37 CVSROOT
>
> What am I doing wrong? It appears that CVS is ignoring the CVSROOT
> environment variable.
>
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