Re: Undo a Remove

[Mark E. Hamilton]

Stephen Carville wrote:
> Several file were inadvertently removed from a source tree and I need to 
> get them back.  I can see them in the Attic but cannot figure out how to 
> get them back to where I can work in them.  All I can find in the 
> documentation is how to undo a remove _before_ the commit.  Too late.  I 
> need to know how to undo the remove after a commit.
% ls test7.dat
ls: test7.dat: No such file or directory

% cvs add test7.dat
cvs add: Resurrecting file `test7.dat' from revision 1.16.
cvs add: Re-adding file `test7.dat' (in place of dead revision 1.17).
U test7.dat
cvs add: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently

% cat test7.dat
Test Message.
Test Message.

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Mark E. Hamilton
Orion International Technologies, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
505-844-7666