Getting Started

If you are working from scalawags.org you will want to add the following lines to your .bash_profile, .profile, or equivalent startup file.

• # Do not set CVS_RSH
• export CVSROOT=/usr/local/scalawags_cvs
• export PATH="${PATH}:ThePathToYourCnRepositories/System/scripts"
• export FULLNAME="Your Full Name"
• export EMAILADDR="Your Email Address"

If you are working remotely and not logged into scalawags.org you will want to add the following lines to your .bash_profile, .profile, or equivalent startup file.

• export CVS_RSH=ssh
• export CVSROOT=YourUserName@scalawags.org:/usr/local/scalawags_cvs
• export PATH="${PATH}:ThePathToYourCnRepositories/System/scripts"
• export FULLNAME="Your Full Name"
• export EMAILADDR="Your Email Address"

The following are executed once to create local copies of the CVS repository.

• cvs checkout ManifoldIo ## Note: This will create the directory ManifoldIo.
• cvs checkout ThreadLib
• cvs checkout ManifoldProtocol
• cvs checkout System

Command Summary

These commands are executed interactively as needed.

• cvs update files -- Bring your directory up to date with the repository
• startfunction functionname -- Create the start of your function files from the templates.
• cvs add files -- Add new files to the module
• cvs status files -- Show current state of files
• cvs checkout modules -- Check out the specified modules
• make test MODULE=your_function -- Compile and test your function.
• cvs commit files -- Publish the specified files

cvs.man -- Linux man page for cvs