Directions to setup a CVS Client from a DOS/Windows machine 1) Download "bin.zip" from http://leh.freeshell.org 2) Extract "bin.zip" to c:\vgdc 3) Set four different environment variables: * HOME - c:\vgdc\bin * PATH - %path%;c:\vgdc\bin * CVS_RSH - ssh * (a) CVSROOT - :pserver:anonymous@cvs.vgdc.sf.net:/cvsroot/vgdc (OR) * (b) CVSROOT - :ext:username@cvs.vgdc.sf.net:/cvsroot/vgdc 3.5) If using the "pserver" method, then do the following: * create an empty file with absolute path name "c:\vgdc\bin\.cvspass" * type "cvs login". Just press when prompted for a password * Note: There's a dot (.) before the file name 4) Change directory to c:\vgdc 5) Execute the following command: * cvs co BoodCode * cvs co FoodFight * cvs co Cyberthello That's it. You're all set to go. If you want to learn more about CVS, then go to http://cvsbook.red-bean.com If there's any questions, feel free to email the project administrators * Hieu Le - leh@uci.edu * Omar Gonzalez - omarg@uci.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Original Document by Hieu Le (May 2002)