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<h2><a name="cvs">Cvs</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Handles packages/modules retrieved from a
<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/" target="_top">CVS</a> repository.</p>
<p>When doing automated builds, the <a href="get.html">get task</a> should be
preferred over the <i>checkout</i> command, because of speed.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">command</td>
<td valign="top">the CVS command to execute.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default "checkout"</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsRoot</td>
<td valign="top">the CVSROOT variable.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsRsh</td>
<td valign="top">the CVS_RSH variable.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">dest</td>
<td valign="top">the directory where the checked out files should be placed.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default is project's basedir.</td>
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<td valign="top">package</td>
<td valign="top">the package/module to check out.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">tag</td>
<td valign="top">the tag of the package/module to check out.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">date</td>
<td valign="top">Use the most recent revision no later than the given date</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">quiet</td>
<td valign="top">suppress informational messages.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default "false"</td>
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<td valign="top">noexec</td>
<td valign="top">report only, don't change any files.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default "false"</td>
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<td valign="top">output</td>
<td valign="top">the file to direct standard output from the command.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default output to ANT Log as MSG_INFO.</td>
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<td valign="top">error</td>
<td valign="top">the file to direct standard error from the command.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default error to ANT Log as MSG_WARN.</td>
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<td valign="top">port</td>
<td valign="top">Port used by CVS to communicate with the server.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default port 2401.</td>
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<td valign="top">passfile</td>
<td valign="top">Password file to read passwords from.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default file ~/.cvspass.</td>
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<td valign="top">failonerror</td>
<td valign="top">Stop the buildprocess if the command exits with a
returncode other than 0. Defaults to false</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> <cvs cvsRoot=":pserver:anoncvs@jakarta.apache.org:/home/cvspublic"
package="jakarta-tools"
dest="${ws.dir}"
/></pre>
<p>checks out the package/module "jakarta-tools" from the CVS
repository pointed to by the cvsRoot attribute, and stores the files in "${ws.dir}".</p>
<pre> <cvs dest="${ws.dir}" command="update"/></pre>
<p>updates the package/module that has previously been checked out into
"${ws.dir}".</p>
<pre> <cvs command="-q diff -u -N" output="patch.txt"/></pre>
<p>silently (-q) creates a file called patch.txt which contains a unified (-u) diff which includes new files added via "cvs add" (-N) and can be used as input to patch.</p>
<pre> <cvs command="update -A -d"/></pre>
<p>Updates from the head of repository ignoring sticky bits (-A) and creating any new directories as necessary (-d).</p>
<p>Note: the text of the command is passed to cvs "as-is" so any cvs options should appear
before the command, and any command options should appear after the command as in the diff example
above. See <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/index.html" target="_top">the cvs manual</a> for details,
specifically the <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_16.html" target="_top">Guide to CVS commands</a></p>
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