Question

I am using cvs for a project. I check out a copy of the project from the repository using cvs checkout ... and then use cvs edit <file> for editing them. Now, consider the sample directory structure for my project below:

project/:

dir1/:
sample1.C

dir2/:
sample2.C

Now assume that I run the following commands:

cd ~/cvs/project/dir1/
cvs edit sample1.C
cd ../dir2
cvs edit sample2.C
cvs editors

My output will contain only sample2.C and no mention of sample1.C. If I cd into dir1 I can see only sample1.C as being edited. My questions are as follows:

1. Is there something wrong with my cvs settings? Or should I invoke the cvs edit command from a single place for whatever file I need to edit in order to see all the files being edited in one place.

2. Is there a command in cvs which I can use to see all the files being edited in cvs across projects?

P.S: Please let me know in case more details are needed.

Answer 1

cvs commands by default work on the current directory and below. So in your example, because you are in dir2, you are only see sample2.C. If you moved back up to the proect directory you would see both files.