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(cvs.info)Getting the source

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Getting the source
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   The first thing you must do is to get your own working copy of the
source for `tc'.  For this, you use the `checkout' command:

     $ cvs checkout tc

This will create a new directory called `tc' and populate it with the
source files.

     $ cd tc
     $ ls
     CVS         Makefile    backend.c   driver.c    frontend.c  parser.c

   The `CVS' directory is used internally by CVS.  Normally, you should
not modify or remove any of the files in it.

   You start your favorite editor, hack away at `backend.c', and a
couple of hours later you have added an optimization pass to the
compiler.  A note to RCS and SCCS users: There is no need to lock the
files that you want to edit.  Note: Multiple developers, for an
explanation.