CVS Command

All CVS commands are in the form of:

cvs <global options> command <command options>

Typical global options might include:

-d path-to-repository	Path to CVS repository
-q	Quiet mode - suppress info messages
-Q	Very quiet mode - suppress all msgs except errors
-z number	Compression level - 0 to 9. Typically `-z3`

Typical command options might include:

-r revnum or tagname	Use the revision number or tag name
-D date	Use the revision no later than this date
-k flag	Determines how to perform keyword expansion