[cvsnt] Ignoring files with import and later removing them

[Mike Wake]

Hi,

You need to actually remove the files or use the -f option to cvs remove.

http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/Removing-files.html

<snip>
As a convenience you can remove the file and cvs remove it in one step, 
by specifying the -f option.

$ cd test
$ cvs remove -f *.c
cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
$ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
cvs commit: Examining .
cvs commit: Committing .
<snip>

Cheers
Mikew

Siegfried Heintze wrote:

> I used the following command:
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs import -C -n -I
> EditCaseWorkShafiSieg.pl -I test_component04.mdb -I test_component03.mdb -I
> test_component02.mdb -I test_component01.mdb -I test_components02.ldb -m
> "initial structure" CONVEX/cgi-bin vendor-tag start
> 
> I misspelled test_component*, damn! I also forgot about the emacs backup
> files with the tildes.
> 
> So I typed 
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs remove convex.pl.~1~
> cvs server: file `convex.pl.~1~' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first
> 
> 
> This seems to have worked according to "cvs ls -R". Why does it say " cvs
> server: file `convex.pl.~1~' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first"? I want to keep the file! I just
> don't want it in the repository. Is everything fine?
> 
> However, I'm having trouble getting rid of these Microsoft access files (see
> below). I need to get them out of here because they are not text files and
> most of them are redundant. I plan to move them to another directory anyway.
> I get the same message when I try "cvs remove" but when I do the "cvs ls -R"
> they persist!
> 
> Can anyone advise them on how to get them out of the repository?
>    Thanks,
>           Siegfried
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs remove
> test_components01.mdb
> cvs server: file `test_components01.mdb' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs remove
> test_components02.mdb
> cvs server: file `test_components02.mdb' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs remove
> test_components03.mdb
> cvs server: file `test_components03.mdb' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first
> 
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>cvs remove
> test_components04.mdb
> cvs server: file `test_components04.mdb' still in working directory
> cvs server: 1 file exists; remove it first
> 
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