cvs status

Displays the status of a file, or, if no filename provided, displays status of all files in local working copy.

Example:

 $ cvs status hello.py
===================================================================
File: hello.py         	Status: Locally Modified

   Working revision:	1.4	Mon Jun 11 02:12:28 2001
   Repository revision:	1.4	/home/cvsroot/hello/hello.py,v
   Sticky Tag:		(none)
   Sticky Date:		(none)
   Sticky Options:	(none) 

With -v option, will also show tags assigned to file.

 $ cvs status -v userguide.sgml
===================================================================
File: userguide.sgml   	Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:	1.105
   Repository revision:	1.105	/home/e-smith/files/ibays/development/files/cvsroot/documentation/manual/userguide.sgml,v
   Sticky Tag:		(none)
   Sticky Date:		(none)
   Sticky Options:	(none)

   Existing Tags:
	Release-5-0-content-completion	(revision: 1.96)
	BRANCH-4-1-fixes         	(branch: 1.81.2)
	End-of-4-1-development   	(revision: 1.81)
	Release-4-1-2nd-printing 	(revision: 1.81)
	Release-4-1              	(revision: 1.72)
	Release-4-0              	(revision: 1.21)
	start                    	(revision: 1.1.1.1)
	dyork                    	(branch: 1.1.1)