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Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:21:55 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Using CVS and NOSAC on the NetLabs Archive Site

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OK. Thanks. I'll try what you suggest.
HCM
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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3C52ABE3.1B629EAC@attglobal.net>, on 01/26/02
> at 08:15 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> > Initialize environment for Archive ddk2 ... Ok
> > cvs[checkout aborted] must specify at least one module or directory
> > press any key when ready ...
>
> CVS checkout is a bit odd. I haven't looked at the NOSAC code, but it's
> probably asking for a directory name.
>
> CVS has the notion of sandbox. You check out your project into a sandbox.
> You only check out once. After that you just update to pickup new changes
> others have made and commit to get your changes into the repository. The
> latter does not apply to you because you don't have write access.
>
> I'm a command line guy, so here's what would happen from the command line:
>
> d:
> cd \NetlabsProjects
> cvs checkout ddk2
>
> The would create the sandbox as:
>
> \NetlabsProjects\ddk2
>
> Note that, by default, the sandbox is always created as a subdirectory of
> the current directory. This can be overridden. For example:
>
> cvs checkout -d d:\NetlabsProjects\ddk2 ddk2
>
> would have the same result as the above. What I don't know is which way
> the NOASC code is invoking checkout. This will determine the directory
> name you need to enter. Try the second form first. That might result in
> everything going to:
>
> \NetlabsProjects\ddk2\ddk2
>
> If so, just delete the directory tree and use the other form.
>
> Once you get going, I suggest you also get the sbliveos2 driver. It is
> built with Watcom and it is a fully functional driver. The ddk2 project
> is more of a toolkit.
>
> Steven
>
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