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WinCvs version
If you don't use the latest version then please download and install.
There has been an update options tab on the dialogue that comes up
when you click the update button for a long time now.
Help/About in my WinCvs shows version as 1.3.13.1 Beta 13 (Build 1)
CVS version
Using the command cvs ver (from WinCvs inside a sandbox) shows something
like this:
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.0 (client/server)
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.2 (client/server)
Typing cvs --v on the command window in a non-cvs folder:
C:\>cvs --v
Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3 (Daily Snapshot Build 57l) (client/server)
As you can see in my case the command window uses a different version of CVS than
WinCvs. This is because in WinCvs the CVS.exe to use is defined, but on the command line
it comes from the path setting.
CVSNT
If you get versions like 1.11 or something similar then you should go to
www.cvsnt.org and download the latest 2.0 setup and install it.
Update operation
What cvs update should do is to replace the file already in your sandbox with the
one from the server. This is normal.
But if it detects that the file has been edited by you, then it automatically renames the
edited file to something like: .#.originalfilename.doc.1.3 (where 1.3 is the revision your
edits started out from).
So your edited data are saved in a renamed file and the working file will hold the old revision.
/Bo
-----Original Message-----
From: Raghuram Nanda [mailto:raghuexcels at rediffmail.com]
Sent: den 10 juni 2003 10:31
To: Bo Berglund
Subject: Re: RE: RE: [cvsnt] Problem retrieving doc files
Hi Bo,
Reply for your earlier mail:
I followed the steps mentioned by you in your earlier
mail.(There wasn't any Update Options tab, but Sticky Options
tab). What the CVS does in this case is, it is replacing my LATEST
checkedout file instead of writing a new file of name
filename.#.verno
How to achieve the same? Your help on thie regard will help me
greatly.
Reply for your recent mail:
The CVS client which I use gives me cvsnt1.11 version.
Regards,
Raghu.
How to achieve the same? Your help on thie regard will help me
greatly.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 Bo Berglund wrote :
>If you issue the cvs update command on the command line then
>you
>can forget about my comment. It only was about the difference
>in
>retrieving a certain revision from the server in the *WinCvs*
>graph
>window. The type of file is not checked by WinCvs, yet it fails
>to
>work correctly for other files than pure text files.
>But working from the command line is not involving this.
>If you have problems on the command line then you should check
>which version of cvs is actually used for the client because it
>may
>be an older version that happens to be first on the path in your
>case.
>
>/Bo
>
>-----Original Message-----
> From: Raghuram Nanda [mailto:raghuexcels at rediffmail.com]
>Sent: den 10 juni 2003 10:19
>To: Bo Berglund
>Subject: Re: RE: [cvsnt] Problem retrieving doc files
>
>
>
>Thanks for your suggestions. But, how to do the same
>programmatically?
>
>normally i used to invoke CVS with
> update -p -r #verno filename
>
>How different will be my command, if am I going to do as you
>have
>mentioned.
>
>On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 Bo Berglund wrote :
> >If you are doing this from the graph view in WinCvs then it
>will
> >always
> >fail! The menu item "Retrieve revision" on this menu *only*
> >applies to
> >text files, not binaries.
> >You should instead select the file in the main window, then
>click
> >the
> >update button and in the dialogue change to the tab "Update
> >options".
> >Here you click the "Retrieve rev, tag, branch" checkbox and
>fill
> >in the
> >combobox with the wanted revision number. Then OK.
> >Now CVS will extract this exact revision and you can then open
>it
> >in MSWord.
> >
> >Note that the file is now on an old revision so you cannot
>edit
> >it and
> >commit it back to the repository. If this is what you want
>then
> >you must
> >1) create a branch on the wanted revision, update to the
>branch
> >and then edit
> >or
> >2) Copy the retrieved old revision somewhere outside the
>sandbox,
> >then
> > update the file again but this time check the "Reset any
> >sticky..." box,
> > then copy the old file back on top of the sandbox and edit
>it
> >like you
> > want. THen you can commit it as a new revision on the
> >trunk.
> >
> >
> >/Bo
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> > From: Raghuram Nanda [mailto:raghuexcels at rediffmail.com]
> >Sent: den 10 juni 2003 06:51
> >To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> >Subject: [cvsnt] Problem retrieving doc files
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> > I am using 1.11 version of CVS. I have added a
> >microsoft
> >.doc file as a binary file to CVS. After several commits, I
>am
> >unable to open the earlier versions of doc file in Microsoft
> >Word,
> >which I retrieve using 'update #verno' command. I guess it is
> >corrupting the properties of doc file.
> >
> >How to view a '.doc' files without any problems?
> >
> >I am using WinCvs 1.36, CVSNT 1.11.3, pserver protocol, and
>my
> >repository is on a network-share apart from the
> >CVS-servermachine.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Raghu.
> >
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