How do I checkout a single file?

Question

I would like to checkout file1 from CVS repository to the current directory.

File1's path is: /opt/application/CVS_REPOSITORY/project/lib/source/file1

How do I do it?

First I set:

setenv CVSROOT /opt/application/CVS_REPOSITORY

Then what should I do?

cvs co -r . /lib/source/file1 ??

Or

cvs co -r . project/lib/source/file1  ??

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '12 at 09:21

12

Try cvs co project/lib/source/file1

answered Jan 31 '12 at 09:21

Dawood

Thanks. but now when I try to commit everything, I get "Up-to-date check failed for lib/source/file1" error. What should I do next? – alwbtc Jan 31 '12 at 09:32
Someone else has committed changes to the file since you checked it out. You need to do a `cvs update`. – Burhan Ali Feb 04 '12 at 12:54

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:12

5

I had to use "cvs update filename" to pull single file from cvs module. Run this command in the module local workspace.

answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:12

Amulya Yadavilli

Please elaborate on the answer. Do you have a link to this information? – TsSkTo Nov 14 '13 at 12:30

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