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Wow, I didn't even think about handling case differences in the extensions. Did I miss this in the docs? Chris "Glen Starrett" <grstarrett at cox.net> wrote in message news:mailman.637.1064337813.630.cvsnt at cvsnt.org... > At 07:47 AM 9/23/2003, rog amos wrote: > >I imported binary files using the cvsnt inport command (well actually i > >imported a very large project that contained both binary and non binary > >files)... > > [snip] > > > >1.) before i import again, what file/variable should i set so that CVSNT > >will know that certain file extensions are binary > > There are a couple ways you can set the -kb flags (to indicate the file is > binary). The easiest are: > 1) Use a front end that will figure it out for you, like TortoiseCVS > (http://www.tortoisecvs.org/) or WinCVS (http://www.wincvs.org/). > > 2) Use the cvswrappers file. Check out your CVSROOT and you'll fund a file > called "cvswrappers". I've attached a fairly comprehensive cvswrappers > file that you can use--BUT know that the downside is that cvs will assume > that all files with matching extensions are binary. > > ** Note: I don't recall if this list allows attachments or not--I suspect > it doesn't. Just email me directly if you need this. > > Read more about the cvswrappers and how to work with that in the online docs. > > > > >2. once i do 1.), can i re-import the necessary modules (directories and > >sub-directories) over the previous ones without getting a ton of conflicts OR > >3. can i simply delete the affected modules and re-import new modules once > >1.) is done? > > Either should work. I used the delete option when that happened to me > because I don't like having known broken binaries in my repository. > > Regards, > > > Glen Starrett >