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> on my copy that still lists all the files including the up to > date ones Right, it does so on mine as well. > At Wednesday 2003-08-20 02:35, I wrote: > > > how can i identify those files in the repository that have > > > been changed since i took my copy? > > > >"cvs status" gives you the status of a file, or all files > >recursively if no filename is given. > >But the output is quite verbose, so > >I used to have a batch file that did (from memory) > > > >cvs status | grep ^File | grep -v Up-to-date > > > >but nowadays it's much easier: > > > >cvs status -q The equivalent to my former batch file (show only changed files) would indeed be cvs status -q | grep -v Up-to-date If you don't have a grep, you can as well use Windows' find program: cvs status -q | find /V "Up-to-date" but don't forget the quotes! If you are not interested in the "... Examining ..." messaages, use cvs status -q 2>NUL | find /V "Up-to-date" Pascal