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GNU Info (cvs.info)StructureOverall structure of CVS commands ================================= The overall format of all CVS commands is: cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [ command_args ] `cvs' The name of the CVS program. `cvs_options' Some options that affect all sub-commands of CVS. These are described below. `cvs_command' One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands have aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in the reference manual for that command. There are only two situations where you may omit `cvs_command': `cvs -H' elicits a list of available commands, and `cvs -v' displays version information on CVS itself. `command_options' Options that are specific for the command. `command_args' Arguments to the commands. There is unfortunately some confusion between `cvs_options' and `command_options'. `-l', when given as a `cvs_option', only affects some of the commands. When it is given as a `command_option' is has a different meaning, and is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not take the above categorization too seriously. Look at the documentation instead. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |