For example the task just mentioned might be accomplished as.
Cvs remove attic.
It simply is stored in a special directory called attic so that its earlier revisions can be recalled.
You can t check the attic out into your sandbox but you can examine its contents through a web interface to cvs.
A dead state means that file has been removed or.
Log r both of these will list the names of the rcs files used to store the file.
Filename is no longer in the repository.
And do a rm y so this is removed from attic then cvs removes the yoyodyme folder too.
The file is no longer sent to sandboxes and it is removed from existing sandboxes at the next cvs update which displays the message cvs server.
To delete a file say phoenix c.
Remove the v at the end of the file to get the file name you want.
To move a tag specify the f option to either cvs tag or cvs rtag.
The file isn t actually removed from the repository.
What we must is to remove the files in attic folder with hand means we must access the folder of the cvs rep.
Each directory in the repository has a subdirectory called attic.
Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command.
Removing files from the repository.
Because this actions the yoyodyme folder is still cvs.
Try a command like.
If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.
Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
Cvs tag r 1 6 f stable backend c by default cvs doesn t allow moving and deleting branch tags as this should not be done without understanding the issues that this raises.
When you remove a file from the repository cvs puts it into the attic.
But because y is not cleared there is still y in hidden attic the folder x is still shown with a cvs entry also when it is empty.