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