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<h2><a name="cvs">CvsVersion</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
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This task allows to retrieve a CVS client and server version
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<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 colspan="3">Attributes from parent Cvs task which are meaningful here</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsRoot</td>
<td valign="top">the <code>CVSROOT</code> variable.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsRsh</td>
<td valign="top">the <code>CVS_RSH</code> variable.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">dest</td>
<td valign="top">directory containing the checked out version of the project</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">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 build process if the command exits with a
return code other than <code>0</code>. Defaults to false</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td colspan="3">Specific attributes</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsclientproperty</td>
<td valign="top">Name of a property where the cvsclient version
should be stored</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<td valign="top">cvsserverproperty</td>
<td valign="top">Name of a property where the cvs server version
should be stored</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> <cvsversion cvsRoot=":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic"
passfile="/home/myself/.cvspass"
cvsserverproperty="apachecvsversion"
cvsclientproperty="localcvsversion"
/></pre>
<p>finds out the cvs client and server versions and stores the versions in the
properties called apachecvsversion and localcvsversion</p>
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