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cvsu
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Danger level: None

Contacts repository: No

This does an offline cvs update by comparing the timestamps of files on
disk with their timestamps recorded in CVS/Entries.  You can thus tell
which files have been locally modified and which files are not known to
be under CVS control.  Unlike `cvs update', cvsu does not bring down
changes from the repository.

Although it can take various options, cvsu is most commonly invoked
without any options:

     floss$ cvsu
     ? ./bar
     ? ./chapter-10.html
     M ./chapter-10.sgml
     D ./out
     ? ./safe.sh
     D ./tools

The left-side codes are like the output of cvs update, except that `D'
means directory.  This example shows that chapter-10.sgml has been
modified locally.  What the example doesn't show is that cvsu ran
instantly, whereas a normal cvs update would have required half a minute
or so over my slow modem line.  Run

     floss$ cvsu --help

to see a list of options.