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> Yes, it is possible to have several working file sets (aka sandboxes) > on different computers (or even on the same computer). This is what > CVS was built for, really... I'm glad about that :) As I keep using cvs the past few days for some experimenting before the actual import of my data (cvsnt with command line and sometimes TortoiseCVS shell extensions, which I find quite useful and handy) I find it more and more easy and straightforward to use. No matter the difficulties in exchanging data between two computers, I'll give it a go. > This would in theory reduce the network traffic, but in practice, > since there are no way to send binary file updates as deltas, you will > still be stuck with transferring the whole file in an update or commit > if it is binary (which affects all of the fie types you listed). Well, this is true... However, my binary files are mostly papers in .pdf or .ps formats, some pictures and some sound files, which I do not change but just add, move or delete. So I guess I could do these jobs manually at the workspace at home. In any case, it looks better to transfer, say, 30 megs in 10 files over the phone, than 1.3 gig in approx. 10K files. My regular work involves a max two-digit count of files, so I guess there shouldn't be any problem. These are mostly text files, consisting of code and text. Naturally, I'm not talking about execuables here. > If the files had been ordinary text source files then updates and > commits would only send small amounts of data over the network. But > CVS cannot handle non-text files this way. I hope msoffice files are handled as text files, though! Otherwise I'll start taking my notes and writing my texts in HTML :))))))) > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) Thanx a very lot for your reply :) mada (madanasta, developer/researcher in Greece)