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Thanks max... And here I am always yelling RTFM at people... keith d. zimmerman, mcsd eagle solutions -----Original Message----- From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb at ukf.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:26 PM To: Keith D. Zimmerman; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook Subject: Re: [cvsnt] History file Keith D. Zimmerman wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:39 PM > To: Keith D. Zimmerman > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] History file > > > Good question . .that might be a Tony Hoyle question . I think he's the > cvsnt guy, and might know an awsner. Or, just read the manual: http://www.cvsnt.org/cvs.html#config Max. > You can generate reports: > C:\>cvs history --help > history: invalid option -- - > Usage: cvs history [-report] [-flags] [-options args] [files...] > > Reports: > -T Produce report on all TAGs > -c Committed (Modified) files > -o Checked out modules > -m <module> Look for specified module (repeatable) > -x [TOEFWUCGMAR] Extract by record type > -e Everything (same as -x, but all record types) > Flags: > -a All users (Default is self) > -l Last modified (committed or modified report) > -w Working directory must match > Options: > -D <date> Since date (Many formats) > -b <str> Back to record with str in module/file/repos > field > -f <file> Specified file (same as command line) > (repeatable) > -n <modulename> In module (repeatable) > -p <repos> In repository (repeatable) > -r <rev/tag> Since rev or tag (looks inside RCS files!) > -t <tag> Since tag record placed in history file (by > anyone). > -u <user> For user name (repeatable) > -z <tz> Output for time zone <tz> (e.g. -z -0700) > > C:\> > > > But . .to not let those events go in in the first place . . .that > might require nothing short of a pile of scripts to remove every line > that doesn't start with a commit command . .(don't know what it is off > hand.) > > When you get your awsner though, would you mind posting it back on the > list? > > Aaron Kynaston > akynaston at novell.com > office: (801) 861-6709 > cell: (801) 368-8633 > fax: (801) 861-6778 > Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software. > www.novell.com > >>>> "Keith D. Zimmerman" <kzimmerman at eshcom.com> 04/16/03 02:25PM >>> > Any way to just knock certain actions out? We are interested in > commits, for example, but not in checkouts... > > keith d. zimmerman, mcsd > eagle solutions > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:24 PM > To: Keith D. Zimmerman > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] History file > > > Yes - The history file contains every action that was taken on the > repository- each line records the action, the user, a time stamp, and > some other data. > > > 1. Delete the history file (this will disable history logging) > 2. Periodically copy off the file (if you care about the data), and > touch a new history file - 'touch history'. > > Option #2 is how I 'prune' my history file. If you're not interested > in the history, you might as well delete it, CVS will simply stop > logging it. > > Aaron Kynaston > akynaston at novell.com > office: (801) 861-6709 > cell: (801) 368-8633 > fax: (801) 861-6778 > Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software. > www.novell.com > >>>> "Keith D. Zimmerman" <kzimmerman at eshcom.com> 04/16/03 12:20PM >>> > My CVSROOT/history file has grown from 11 MB to 390 MB in the last 9 > days... I've had a script running against cvs during that time... > What > is all logged in the history file, and is there a way to prune it? > > keith d. zimmerman, mcsd > eagle solutions > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs