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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Cvs deletion of directory.
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-17 19:22:57
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Bo Thorsen wrote:
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> I have deleted all files in a directory, and done a `cvs delete dir`.
> After a new checkout, the dir is there again, although with no files in
> it. Is there a `cvs delete -I_Mean_It dir` command?
> 

RTFM:
> 7.3 Removing directories
> 
> In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to removing files--you want the \
> directory to not exist in your current working directories, but you also want to be \
> able to retrieve old releases in which the directory existed. 
> 
> The way that you remove a directory is to remove all the files in it. You don't \
> remove the directory itself; there is no way to do that. Instead you specify the \
> `-P' option to cvs update, cvs checkout, or cvs export, which will cause CVS to \
> remove empty directories from working directories. Probably the best way to do this \
> is to always specify `-P'; if you want an empty directory then put a dummy file \
> (for example `.keepme') in it to prevent `-P' from removing it.  
> Note that `-P' is implied by the `-r' or `-D' options of checkout and export. This \
> way CVS will be able to correctly create the directory or not depending on whether \
> the particular version you are checking out contains any files in that directory. 


Greetings, Stephan



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