What do these commands do? (was:Re: Help regarding CVS urgently)

[Todd Denniston]

For the URLs below, please download 
http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/stable/1.11.22/cederqvist-1.11.22.html.tar.bz2
to your home directory and put a copy of it in /tmp.
cd /tmp
tar -xjvf cederqvist-1.11.22.html.tar.bz2

Sadia Tahseen wrote, On 03/13/2008 11:38 PM:
> <todd said>
>
> as user1 on another_workstation: 

#Place the method host and directory information into an
#environment variable, called CVSROOT, so CVS knows
#where to find your repository
# file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_2.html#SEC10
> export CVSROOT=:ext:brownjug:/appl/src/cvs/JavaAppl 

#Place a clarification to the method into an
#environment variable, called CVS_RSH, so CVS knows
#you desire to use ssh instead of rsh as your external
#connection command.
# file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_2.html#IDX70
# file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_2.html#SEC28
> export CVS_RSH=ssh 

#Do a checkout into the local directory using the
#repository and connection information set above,
# specifically checkout the projectdir module.
# file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_1.html#SEC5
> cvs checkout projectdir 
> <todd said>
>
> <sadia said>
> Could you please explain each of these commands ie what do they do?I wanted to know the 
> same explanation for the earlier commands used on the server and workstation side done by 
> "sadia" to understand the flow
> <sadia said>
> <sadia said>

The following URL will walk through operations from a users[1] perspective:
file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_1.html#SEC4

The following URL will walk through the initial operations from an 
administrator perspective:
file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.22.html/cvs_2.html#SEC23

[1] i.e., not the repository administrator/setup person.
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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter