CVS still not working.. anyone able to post a dummie guide?

[Elvampira]

kinda sux, I read through the FACKS I read the how to install I took 2 hours to search the message board and nowhere could I find how to make CVS work.. someone said the server has a "hickup".. but he has that since 5 days now.. is that correct? or is it just for me?

thanx for your kind help

[AlphaBeta]

Didn't search hard enuff hun.. CVS is screwd atm. The only way to make it work is to try over and over and over again untill it works. You may have to kick it off 30 - 60 times before you get a good CVS download.

[Elvampira]

thank you kindone for replying with helpfull information without flaming me.. very nice of you, I had expected ppl raging about me should do searches..

anyways, just to make sure I am trying 60 times with the right command, is this correct:

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq login

?? thanx again

[Elvampira]

Alpha, might you by chance know of a good way how I can automat the search for CVS command a bit?

something like this

for i < 100 cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq login i++ or so?

I am new to linux and have no clue how you do that.. and also have to hit enter at the password confirmation which might not be easy..

the error msg get btw is this:
cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.seq.sourceforge.net (66.35.250.207):2401 failed: Connection refused

thanx

[AlphaBeta]

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq login

Hit enter for password

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq co showeq

[AlphaBeta]

I just made a text file with the commands in it and called it "getseq.txt". I then run it with the command "bash getseq.txt". When ever it fails I just shift up arrow and hit enter runs it again. never has taken me more than 5 or 10 min of doing this so far to get a clean download. Prolly a way to make it run over and over again but im not a programer or a unix expert by any means. Hope that helps.. <hugs>

[Elvampira]

it helps.. but how can I get the ente confirmation for the password in the file??

and what is that second line you said b4, with the co showeq at the end? what do I do with it? put it once I sucessfully loged in?

[Elvampira]

hugs

[AlphaBeta]

I just hit the enter key at the password prompt. Yes the first CVS command logs you in. The second one does the downloads. its all in the FAQ Here

[Elvampira]

I have tried 500 times.. it on let me in.. what error msg do ou get alpha?

[S_B_R]

#!/bin/bash
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.seq.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/seq
WAIT=1
while [ ${WAIT} != 0 ]
do
   cvs -z3 co showeq
   WAIT=$?
   sleep 15
done
cvs logout
exit

Notice the extra : before the @, that removes the need to hit enter for the password.

[AlphaBeta]

Wow thanks S_B_R that even helps me out.

Thanks again.

[S_B_R]

--edit--
Of course you do realize that script will just contribute to the CVS congestion.

[S_B_R]

This is the error message you are probably getting

cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

[Elvampira]

This is the error message you are probably getting

quote:
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cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

this isnt the case here.. the msg I get:

cvs [checkout aborted]: connect to cvs.seq.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):2401 failed: Connection refused

hehe sux :( I want showeq *sniff*