From Windows -

First, there are many cvs clients for windows. Here's the one we use http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ It's free, it has a simple interface, it's fairly intuitive, it ports to ALL windows platforms that you would want to use. These are all good things. You will need to go here and download this, or go find something like it if you don't want to use this particular product. The rest of the instructions will be geared toward tortoise because that is what i have.

Second, Download and Install.

Now you are ready to start cvs'ing. Tortoise has a handy right click interface. Here are a couple of things you can do with it.

Creating a new module - Right click on the folder you want to check in as a new module. Choose cvs -> Make new module.. This will bring up a confusing looking window. It isn't really that confusing though. Here are the proper values for the fields:

Protocol - Internet(Unix pserver)
Server - grace.evergreen.edu
Repository Directory - /src/cvsroot
User name - *your linux username*
Module - The module name will already be the name of the folder you clicked on.

Checking-out a current module - Right click in the folder you want to check out the module to. Maybe the desktop? Who knows? Anyway, right-click and choose 'cvs checkout'. This will bring up a confusing looking window. It isn't really that confusing though. Here are the proper values for the fields:

Protocol - Internet(Unix pserver)
Server - grace.evergreen.edu
Repository Directory - /src/cvsroot
User name - *your linux username*
Module - *module name* ('ccvs' is one you can use to test out stuff)

Modifying files - Open the files and modify them however you like. Notepad, Word, PFE, whatever.

Checking in files - Local files that differ from files in the repository will glow unearthly red. If you feel like the change you made is worthy of being checked in to the repository you simply right click on it andchoose 'cvs commit..' You will be given the opportunity to comment on the changes you've made.

Here is a little more in-depth guide - http://www.tortoisecvs.org/guide.html

From Linux -

First download a cvs client for linux. http://www.cvshome .org is a GREAT resource. They have many different clients available, command line and UI based. I personally prefer the command line cvs on linux becuase it is super-powerful.

Before you do anything you must set an environment variable, perhaps inside .bash_profile. You will have to set CVSROOT to the root dir on the server. If you are going to do this, get in touch with me and we'll work out what that looks like.

Checking out a current module - This command will check out the module:

cvs checkout *modName*

Checking in files - Looks like this. Go to the directory where your modified files are. Usually you want to update before you check in, just to make sure there will be no conflicts. Type this - 'cvs update'. This will rattle through all the files in the directory, checking them against the files on the server. There are little flags next to the filenames. This is what they mean:

U = Updated file. Local File has been newly created.
M = Modified file. Local file is different than server file.
P = Patched file. Local file has been updated to match server file.
C = Conflicted file. Local file and server file conflict.

Now, simply type - cvs commit *, where star represenst one or more filenames you which to commit to the server. It will give you a chance to comment on the changes being made to the server.

For more info say - man cvs or cvs --help at the command line.

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