Re: [boost] cvs access help

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-04 14:53:59

On Thursday 04 April 2002 01:49 pm, you wrote:
> Logging in to
>
> :pserver:anonymous_at_[hidden]:2401/cvsroot/boost
>
> CVS password: (I hit <enter> here)
> CVS.EXE login: failed to open ../cvsroot/.cvspass for reading: No such file
> or directory
> CVS.EXE [login aborted]: fatal error: exiting
>
>
> The docs says that I should set HOME to the location of .cvspass, but I
> don't know where is it...

Win98 doesn't really have any concept of a 'home directory' AFAICT, so just 
set HOME to some directory you'd like to keep your .cvspass in. (.cvspass 
holds passwords to CVS repositories you've already logged into, so that you 
don't have to reenter the passwords).

        Doug