[cvsnt] How to get the new admin files in build 2214 into existingCVSROOT?

[Michael Wojcik]

> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Glen Starrett
> 
> Bo Berglund wrote:
> > And I must make sure to *not* overwrite a file that was there
already
> > but I did not recognize lest I lose the edits thta might already
have
> > gone into it...
> 
> Do this then:
> 
> xcopy /my/old/cvsroot /my/temp/cvsroot
> xcopy /my/temp/cvsroot /my/old/cvsroot

Wouldn't it be simpler and safer to do:

	attrib +r /my/old/cvsroot/*
	xcopy /my/temp/cvsroot /my/old/cvsroot
	attrib -r /my/old/cvsroot/*

Unless it's given the /r switch, xcopy won't copy over read-only files.
(It's unfortunate that xcopy has a "only copy files that already exist
in the destination" option, but not the reverse.)

-- 
Michael Wojcik
Principal Software Systems Developer, Micro Focus