[Xastir] cvs diff

[Chip G.]

On Sep 26, 2006, at 09:19, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Dan Brown wrote:
>
>> You might try the -n option:

After I sent the message last night I was able to stumble on this one  
myself. This appears to do what I expected diff to do. The diff only  
seems to let me know if my end is newer than the repository, I want  
to know if either is different.

> The standard to see if there's anything to update is:
>
>     cvs -n -q update
>
> I have that defined as another alias so that I have something  
> easier to type/remember.

OK, I gather the '-q' just tells it not to output non-useful  
information (quiet mode). Incidentally, if you're trying to save on  
typing this should be the same:

	cvs -nq update

I've tested and it does the same thing. The other thing I do a little  
differently... I have a machine running all the time. Once per day I  
have a crontab entry which has it perform a check and mail me the  
results. This way I get a daily summary of any updates. With the 'cvs  
diff' I wasn't getting anything useful. With the 'cvs -n update' I am.

My current output includes these three lines:

	cvs update: New directory `LaCrosse/autom4te.cache' -- ignored
	cvs update: New directory `src/Davis' -- ignored
	cvs update: New directory `src/callpass' -- ignored

I've run a 'cvs update -d' and so I'm not sure why these directories  
weren't created. I've tried several times and it still gives the same  
results. My other two machines with Xastir have successfully created  
the directories. Not sure why it's not happening here.


73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn