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==== Telling CVS to watch certain files ==== To enable the watch features, you first specify that certain files are to be watched.
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Command: cvs watch on [-lR] [files]…
: Specify that developers should run cvs edit before editing files. CVS will create working copies of files read-only, to remind developers to run the cvs edit command before working on them. : If files includes the name of a directory, CVS arranges to watch all files added to the corresponding repository directory, and sets a default for files added in the future; this allows the user to set notification policies on a per-directory basis. The contents of the directory are processed recursively, unless the -l option is given. The -R option can be used to force recursion if the -l option is set in ‘~/.cvsrc’ (see [[cvs: Default options and the ~%47.cvsrc file#Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file|~/.cvsrc]]). : If files is omitted, it defaults to the current directory.
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Command: cvs watch off [-lR] [files]… : Do not create files read-only on checkout; thus, developers will not be reminded to use cvs edit and cvs unedit. : The files and options are processed as for cvs watch on. This document was generated on a sunny day using [http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/ texi2html].