Re: [Plib-devel] UL directory.

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@me...>]

Sam Stickland writes:
> 
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that it is
> > impossible to delete a directory from CVS once it has been created.
> > Otherwise, how could you reliably go back and recreate an older
> > version.  If entire directories along with their CVS source files are
> > gone, there would be no way to check out a complete version of the
> > code as of sometime when the directory did exist.
> >
> > As far as I know, CVS provides no commands or options to remove a
> > directory.
> 
> While this is true, it usual to use the -P option when checking out
> - which prunes empty directories.  Ie.  remove all the files 
> from the directory and always checkout with "-P" and you won't see
> it.

That's true, the point being you can remove all the files in a
directory, but not the directory itself ... and using -P from the
client side, you'll ignore all empty directories.

> CVS only manages files - not directories.  Once a directory is
> created it's there for life, unless you delete it from a unix shell
> - if you have that option.

Yup, which is something you don't have direct access to at sourceforge
unfortunately. :-(

Curt.
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