It does appear that in WinCVS, if you
do this command line option, it will happily submit
cvs
-d :local:c:\cvsroot
as your command. However, this
is not really a command - it invokes the shell of cvs with no action
to perform.
I think you need to enter the cvs command
you want, then set the CVSROOT
e.g. enter
cvs
update
but do not hit 'OK'. Immediately
in the WinCVS dialog, go and set the CVSROOT. The command line will
end up as
cvs -d :local:c:\cvsroot update
for you, which is a perfectly fine cvs
command (assuming you are in a sandbox directory and so on).
Allen Marshall
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