Important Basic CVS Commands

login
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cvs -d :pserver:username:password@:2401/reposname login

import
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cvs -d :pserver:username:password@:2401/reposname import -m "message" foldername INITIAL start

for example
/home/srinivas/test contains testzip folder

go to the path

cd /home/srinivas/test

execute the following command

cvs -d :pserver:username:password@:2401/reposname import -m "test" testzip INITIAL start

checkout
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cvs -d :pserver:username:password@:2401/reposname checkout modulename