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Tony Hoyle wrote (in "Re: Several questions on cvs usage"):
> Chuck Kirschman wrote:
>> "cvs -nq up" has been the time-honored way of determining which files
>> are changed in cvs. I'm surprised that Tony desupported it.
>
> -n up hasn't worked properly for years..
Maybe you could change the option help? I get:
<P:\>118>cvs --help-options
CVS global options (specified before the command name) are:
-H Displays usage information for command.
[...]
-n Do not execute anything that will change the disk.
-t Show trace of program execution (repeat for more
verbosity) -- try with -n.
[...]
(Specify the --help option for a list of other help options)
<P:\>119>cvs ver
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio) Build 2151
(client/server)
[...]
When -n isn't supported or even not fully working, the program itself
probably shouldn't tell the user to use it :)
The help for -n and -t could be:
-n Do not execute anything that will change the disk (only
supported with checkout).
-t Show trace of program execution (repeat for more
verbosity).
Gerhard