Try a command like.
Cvs remove attic files.
Cvs must be able to retrieve such files when you request an old snapshot of the project.
Ls cvs ja h oj c rm oj c cvs remove oj c cvs remove.
Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command.
Instead the file gets put in the attic literally.
If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.
The cvs remove command is used to mark a file as removed in the repository.
The file isn t actually removed from the repository.
Use cvs commit to remove this file permanently cvs add oj c u oj c cvs add.
Oj c version 1 1 1 1 resurrected if you realize your mistake before you run the remove command you can use update to resurrect the file.
Log r both of these will list the names of the rcs files used to store the file.
How can i do to make a politically correct removal of the whole thing.
When you remove a file from a project it doesn t just disappear.
But in case you want to know the rule is that the rcs file is stored in the attic if and only if the head revision on the trunk has state dead.
It should not matter from a user point of view whether a file is in the attic.
Filename is no.
I have no interest on keeping my attic for that directory at all and i want to do this through cvs commands if possible.
Cvs keeps track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
I ve moved the files out of the attic folder but when i checkout the folder the cvs gui doesn t show any files under the folder.
Viewing the files revealed that they re in dead state.
Someone has cvs remove d the files.
This leaves the new tag on exactly the same files as the old tag.
Cvs rtag r old name 0 4 rel 0 4 tc cvs rtag d old name 0 4 tc prev up next.
Scheduling oj c for removal cvs remove.
To rename a tag first create a new tag using the r option to cvs rtag and then delete the old name.
Remove the v at the end of the file to get the file.
A dead state means that file has been removed or.