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Old 01-17-2007, 09:15 AM   #1
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getting source in CVS


Some months ago I compiled netcomics on my system. It's a program for downloading comics from web sites. No problems. Of late though some comics have stopped downloading. Presumably the URLs or file names of those comics have changed. I would like to obtain the latest source using CVS, as the latest version on the home page (sourceforge) for the project has not updated in some time.

So in esseance I want to do "cvs -justfetchthedamnsourcealready netcomics".

The sourceforge page gives this hint for using cvs:
Code:
 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@netcomics.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/netcomics login
I then am prompted for a password. What password? Where?

It's been a while since I used CVS to fetch something yet I don't recall having this problem with it before.

The man page was errr, ummmm, terse.

So how do I perform a "cvs -justfetchthedamnsourcealready -noPasswordIamNotUploadingTurkey netcomics.cvs.sourceforge.net"?

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 01-17-2007, 11:41 AM   #2
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oh thats simple
Code:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@netcomics.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/netcomics checkout netcomics
 
Old 01-19-2007, 09:20 PM   #3
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oh thats simple
Code:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@netcomics.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/netcomics checkout netcomics
Thanks man! You are a life saver! Yay!
 
  


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