This won't help with an initial checkout, but you could write a small script like: #this is to be run in the base directory #update just the files in boost, don't recurse cvs up -l #now update the subdirectories you care about cvs up boost cvs up libs Obviously, you'll need to put your own options in there. If you need help making a real script or batch file, let me know.

-----Original Message----- From: William Trenker [mailto:wtrenker@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:56 PM To: Boost-Users@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Boost-Users] .cvsignore - I'm stuck

(This isn't really a boost question but I've spent half a day reading the cvs documentation and am hoping for a bit of help on what I think is probably a very simple question.)

I have a blazing 33.6K modem connection to the Internet. So when I do a cvs update of my copy of the boost tree, the mug shots (.jpg files) in the people subdirectory take quite a long time to be checked for differences. I don't really need to update those files so I am trying to get a .cvsignore file to work in the "people" subdirectory. (I realize these files may not change very often; still, I would appreciate knowing how to do a .cvsignore for boost libraries that I'm not using.) But I can't get cvs to recognize the .cvsignore file.

I created a .cvsignore file, with the line "*.jpg", in the people sub-directory. But when I run "cvs update" in the people sub-directory (after "cvs login") cvs gives me a "? .cvsignore" response and continues updating anyway. I thought maybe I have to "cvs add" the .cvsignore file, but that doesn't work.

How do I get cvs to "see" my .cvsignore file?

Thanks, Bill

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