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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/cvs/man/cvs.1 | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/man/cvs.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/man/cvs.1 index f7f7f2f3629..2ad5a36b292 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/man/cvs.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/man/cvs.1 @@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ command name, .` "cvs \-H" displays a summary of all the commands available. .TP +.B \-R +Allows +.B cvs +to run properly without write access to its log file. See also the +.SM CVSREADONLYFS +environment variable. +.TP .B \-Q Causes the command to be .I really @@ -2065,6 +2072,12 @@ If neither is set, a system-dependent default editor (e.g., .BR vi ) is used. .TP +.SM CVSREADONLYFS +Setting this variable allows +.B cvs +to run properly without write access to its log file. This is especially +useful when mounting a read-only source tree via NFS. +.TP .SM CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT If this variable is set then .B cvs |