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Did you by any chance use the graph function of WinCvs to select the revision you want to retrieve? There is a right-click menu that gives you the impression that you can retrieve a revision from there. BUT this function actually does exactly what you describe, it destroys the retrieved binary file! Can only be used on text files.... Look at the file with a hex editor, my guess is that you will see the version info in cleartext embedded in the file. No, the only way to properly retrieve an old revision of a binary file is by using update and specify a revision there. We store lots of binaries and have done so several years with no problems whatever except from the graph pop-up menu. Our executables are also in CVS and our release is done from CVS files including exe, pdf, help, jpg etc. No probs. Bo On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:39:39 -0500, Mike Stewart <mstewart at mail.lifelearn.com> wrote: >I am happily running cvsnt (1.11.1.3 (Build 57a) ) on Win2K > >The text file functions have been great and it has already saved my butt a >bunch of times. > >I tried to retrieve previous revision of a binary file and it comes back as >garbage. The byte count is bigger by 382 bytes. It's a jpg file and every >submission has the -kb option on it (wincvs thinks it's binary as it was >told). > >I checked this on all my binary files (.doc, .gif, .jpg, etc.) and they are >all munched (I didn't check if the byte difference was consistent I suspect >not from a brief look). > >How do I keep useful previous revisions of binary files using CVS or do I? > >I've read about locking and unlocking binaries but the documentation isn't >clear and I don't understand why/how the file locking thing works. > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >mike stewart /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)