[cvsnt] Problem committing file.

Torsten Martinsen bullestock at bullestock.net
Tue May 6 22:13:56 BST 2008


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Gordon Boast wrote:
> A hearty thanks to all who have commented on this problem. I understand what
> is happening and was able to correct the immediate problem.
>
> But, (there is always a but, isn't there:-)
>
> Arthur Barrett was exactly correct -- going forward, I would like to get
> *all* of the files to checkout so that they don't need an editor.
>
> I have read the article that Torsten Martinsen offered:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1954390&group_id=4
> 8103&atid=451972
>
> As I stated in the original email, I access the repository with TortoiseCVS
> (version 1.10.6). As far as I can see, there is no way to do what the
> referenced article says in TortoiseCVS.
>
> I have tried to run the commands: (from the article)
>
>    cvs update -kcx myfilename
>    cvs commit -f "Remove -kcx" myfilename
>
> from a command (cmd) window but receive an error message that "cvs knows
> nothing about myfilename" 
And do you in fact have a file called 'myfilename' under CVS control in 
that directory?

-Torsten


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