[cvsnt] Re: Strange behavior in cvs ls under Windows NT

[Glen Starrett]

Markus F. Frisch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a strange problem with the cvs ls command in cvsnt 2.0.38.
> Instdead of the directories in the cvsroot directorie I get the 
> following output:
> ------------------snip----------------------
> D:\HomeDirs\mff>cvs -d :local:d:\HomeDirs\mff\cvstest\cvsroot ls
> Listing modules on server
> 
> blat.exe
> checkoutlist
[snip]
> 
> Obviously cvs lists the content of the CVSROOT
> subdirectory.
> Under Windows XP evering works fine. And strangely,
> when I do a
> cvs -N -d :local:\\Centurio\d$\HomeDirs\mff\cvstest\cvsroot ls
> I get the real top level modules.
> 
> Anybody got an Idea what could be wrong here?
> 

Have you tried:

D:\HomeDirs\mff>cvs -d :local:d:\HomeDirs\mff\cvstest ls

I'm guessing you are pointing into your CVSROOT directory, which is a 
special directory that is *inside* the repository.

Regards,

-- 
Glen Starrett