Rename file in CVS

Question

I have checked a file temp.pl but now I want to change into temp.

I have tried cvs rename temp.pl temp but it's not working .

How do I rename checked file in cvs?

Answer 1

You cannot rename in CVS. You should do:

cp temp.pl temp
cvs add temp
cvs rm -f temp.pl

But you will lose file history. If you have file-level write access to the CVS repository, you can find file temp.pl,v there and rename it to temp,v - this will keep history.

CVS is inherently file-based (based on RCS), so cross-file operations are not supported.