CVS commands
Exit status
The overall format of all CVS commands is:
cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [ command_args ]
cvs
|
The name of the CVS program. |
cvs_options
|
Some options that affect all sub-commands of CVS. These are described below. |
cvs_command
|
One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands have
aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in the
reference manual for that command. There are only two situations
where you may omit ` |
command_options
|
Options that are specific for the command. |
command_args
|
Arguments to the commands. |
There is unfortunately some confusion between
cvs_options and command_options.
`-l', when given as a cvs_option, only
affects some of the commands. When it is given as a
command_option is has a different meaning, and
is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not
take the above categorization too seriously. Look at
the documentation instead.
CVS commands
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