Linux checking out a cvs

[digidude]

i have details of some cource code that i need to checkout using cvs, ive not done this for a few years, and remember initially having problems before as well, this is what i keep getting

cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option
cvs [checkout aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable.


but ive already logged in, set the CVSROOT and used the -d in the checkout command

can anyone throw some light on it for me please

i dont nee any GUI to get at the code, as once ive downloaded it, ill only be making local changes, so its a once only via terminal jobby, but i been pulling my hair out for a few hours over it lol

 

[ManofScience]

whats the syntax of the command you're using?

 

[digidude]

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i know i had hell getting the files to start downloading the first time i did it, and it was something very simple that i wasnt doing, but i cannot for the life of me remember what it was

 

[ManofScience]

is this the first build on this PC? have u created the folder structure first? have u checked out before (i'm guessing not if using the 'co' switch) ?

I've got my old dbox build notes,

 

[Leeagt]

digi . This any good to you ?

How to Check out CVS WIKI

 

[digidude]

ive also tried the export command, but that gives me a bash error saying its not a valid identifier

 

[digidude]

is this the first build on this PC? have u created the folder structure first? have u checked out before (i'm guessing not if using the 'co' switch) ?

I've got my old dbox build notes,

ive also tried looking back through old notes lol

i have a new PC and this is a completley fresh build on it, the last time i did this was a few years ago, in a VMware window on a windows machine, and im sure i used the export command then, but its not playing now lol

ive created the folder i want to keep everything in TM_CVS, i can actually log into the cvs, as shown above, but i just cannot for the life of me checkout the files

its a complete new set of files compared to the older ones i have, and as im also now on a nice shiney new dedicated machine, want to get playing with things

 

[Magnu420]

one of the guys from team commando might be able to help you,Lraiser,renwich,paphosal

 

[osborne82]

are you able to check out any other cvs/svn to check that your linux system is all ok ? (try check out dreambox branch)
also r u sure the tm-cvs is working (u and i both know it can be tempermental at times lol)

cheers
osborne82

 

[digidude]

do you have any details for dreambox? ive looked at open pli, but since theyve changed their site, its like a maze of links that lead to nothing lol

 

[ManofScience]

here's the bit of stuff i have for the dreambox

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