[web-team] Fixed (was: modified/unlocked RCS files)

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Wed Dec 19 11:20:37 PST 2007


Quoting SVLUG CVS Locksmith (cvs-watcher at svlug.org):

> [This message was automatically generated.]
>
> The following files were modified without being checked out:
>    /var/www/html/events.html

So, after waiting many days to see if the Web Team member in question
would fix this problem, I've fixed it.  Here's how:

$ cd /home/httpd/html
$ cp events.html /tmp   #Safety copy, to check back in later.
$ co -l events.html     #RCS checkout, setting lock.  Overwrites
./events.html .
$ cp /tmp/events.html .
$ ci -u events.html     #RCS checkin, unlocking.

If I had to bet how the editing party caused that problem, I'd speculate
her having omitted the "-l" (lock) flag during checkout.  Please be
careful about that -- and when in doubt, ask help.

There's really not much to it, though:

  co -l  [foo]
  (Edit the file.)
  ci -u  [foo]





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