Return to CK:P Internal DocumentsThis document is designed to teach you how to access the Common Knowledge CVS tree. It is not meant to teach you CVS, though there are pointers to beginning CVS info later on in the document. It is not meant to be a public document. The only people accessing this CVS tree will be CKP/PPS tech staff (and possibly non-tech staff).
CVS (the Concurrent Versions System) is a system that lets many people work on the same files and track what has been updated or changed by the other workers. Its a valuable way of keep track of various revisions of program source code, documentation and more.
For more information about CVS and how to use it go to:
CVS Manual: At the University of Utah written by Per Cederqvist
CVS Tutorial: Provided by the University of Utah
The CVS server is currently titania.ckp.edu. The cvs repository is in /var/cvsroot. In this directory you will find the location for all the modules being tracked by CVS.
To access CVS from a Unix workstation you must have an account on the CVS server and be able to access it via SSH..Try typing "ssh titania.ckp.edu" and see if you can log in properly.
You must have the CVSROOT environment variable to /var/cvsroot. In csh you would set it by typing "setenv CVSROOT /var/cvsroot". In the zsh shell you would type "export CVSROOT=/var/cvsroot."
CVSROOT = /var/cvsroot
A CVS repository consists of modules. A module is usually a single directory tree. Modules can contain other modules. For example the module "local" contains all locally-written software. It contains, among other things, a module named "ezdump". If you checkout "local" you will get a directory "local" which contains ezdump and others. If you instead checkout ezdump you will just get a directory called "ezdump".
To get a list of all of the modules at any time type "cvs checkout -c". A partial list is below:
| Modules | Directory (pre-append /var/cvsroot) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| local | /local | Locally maintained and written software |
| ezdump | /local/ezdump | EZDump |
| scripts | /local/scripts | Daily and Weekly scripts |
| sum | /local/swum | Account creation and deletion software |
| sawmill | /local/sawmill | Log management software |
| dns | /dns | All DNS related material |
| hosts | /dns/hosts | Host tables for DNS |
| inform | in transition | Informational material |
| ksulliva | /private/ksulliva | Kevin's private CVS material |
| rpg | /private/ksulliva/rpg | Role-Playing game material |
| kern | /private/kern | Joe' private CVS material |
| peterb | /private/peterb | Peter's private CVS material |
| akadams | /private/akadams | Andy's private CVS material |
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