You must export the CVSROOT environment variable: export CVSROOT=/data1/projcvs Regards, Håkon Hallingstad Software Developer, EDB +47 2252 8218 hakon.hallingstad@edb.com www.edb.com "IT er ikke alt - men det hjelper" -----Original Message----- From: Colin Carter [mailto:colincarter@exemail.com.au] Sent: 8. april 2005 09:07 To: suse-programming-e@suse.com Subject: [suse-programming-e] cvs I am just starting with cvs and think that I understand the documentation. But ... I executed $cvs -d /data1/projcvs init This gave me the apprpriate set up in the correct place. On a different day I set the cvs root thus: CVSROOT=/data1/projcvs (and I did also try /data1/projcvs/CVSROOT) Then I tried to put my files in by cvs import -m"Initial code" name1 nameTage1 0.0 but I get the error No CVSROOT specified! Please use the '-d' option cvs [import aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable So I tried cvs import -d /data1/projcvs -m"Initial code" name1 nameTage1 0.0 and variations but have had no luck. Anyone any ideas? Thanks for your time, Colin -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-programming-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-programming-e-help@suse.com Archives can be found at: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-programming-e