RE: More tag questions

[Jim.Hyslop]

Christopher Fouts wrote:
> I have a cron job that rtags my integraion branch that
> runs nightly. The cron job does...
>       > /usr/bin/cvs -d /home/path/cvsroot rtag -r b_proj_dev
> t_br`date +%Y%m%d` proj
> 
> It just makes a t_brYYYmmdd tag to the head of my b_proj_dev branch.
> 
> I know it works since if I do a...
>       > cvs history -Ta proj
> 
> I get 
>       > T 2005-01-21 03:00 +0000 user proj
> [t_br20050120:b_proj_dev]
> 
> Now when I do a...
>       > cvs co -r t_br20050120 proj
> 
> I get...
>       > cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag t_br20050120
> 
> What am I missing?
I can't spot anything obvious. Here are some things you might check:

Does the tag 'b_proj_dev' actually exist in the 'proj' module?

Does a 'cvs stat -v' or a 'cvs rlog' on one of the files in the project show
the tag, or something similar?

Can you capture the stdout and stderr output of the cron job, and examine it
for any clues?

Does the command work properly if you type it in interactively?

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )