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> >>C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs import -C -n -I > >>EditCaseWorkShafiSieg.pl -I test_component04.mdb -I test_component03.mdb -I > >>test_component02.mdb -I test_component01.mdb -I test_components02.ldb -m > >>"initial structure" CONVEX/cgi-bin vendor-tag start > > That's a strange import. You've tried to create a module called > CONVEX/cgi-bin, presumably in a directory that already has CVS control > files (since you haven't specifed a subdirectory). Hmm, the only suspicious thing about that commandline that I could see is that he still gave a vendor branch and release tag even though he also used the -n option (aka "don't create vendor branch and release tag"). Wouldn't that just be ignored? Where did you deduce he was issuing this in a CVS-controlled folder? Anyway I frequently import from existing sandboxes and there is no problem as "CVS" is already in the built-in ignore list, thus the control files will simply be ignored and not imported. And what did you mean by "you haven't specified a subdirectory"? Importing to a "sub-module" is also no problem. I do it all the time. > I'm not even sure > what is supposed to happen in that case (there are others on the list > who use some of the more complex forms of import & will know better... I > tend to just use it once and forget about it). I still don't see what's so special about the above command (apart from the -n option plus vendor/release tags)... maybe you have some background info that goes beyond the above quote which I am not aware of? > I'm guessing it'll create the module as a pair of subdirectories of the > existing module, but I'd have to check that. What's that about the "existing module"? As it is the above command will import the local folder C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin and all its subfolders and contained files (except for some .mdb's) into the repository folder CONVEX/cgi-bin . It will also create the CVS control folders in the sandbox copy along the way, so one could immediately start working with the imported files without having to do a prune and checkout. This latter bit will probably fail however if the imported directory structure did indeed already contain such control files, even though I seem to remember that import simply overwrote those regardless of prior content... Cheers, -- Oliver ---- ------------------ JID: ogiesen at jabber.org ICQ: 18777742 (http://wwp.icq.com/18777742)