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diff --git a/hurd/translator/cvsfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/cvsfs.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f5f1a9e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/cvsfs.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +## Setting up cvsfs on GNU/Hurd - A step by step process + +### Description of cvsfs + +cvsfs is a virtual ([[libnetfs]] based) filesystem allowing you to mount +remotely located CVS modules into your local filesystem. The version +controlled files will appear to you just like regular ones. If you just want +to view one file (or a small bunch) you furthermore save a lot of network +bandwidth since only these files will be downloaded. The usual way to do so +would be to check out the whole tree and deleting it after using. + +## Step by Step process in installing cvsfs + +Download and prepare the source files from the CVS repositiory and build them. + + $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/hurdextras co cvsfs + $ cd cvsfs/ + $ autoreconf -i + $ ./configure + $ make + $ make install + +Set up the translator and start grazing. + + $ mkdir -p cvsfs_test + $ settrans -a cvsfs_test /hurd/cvsfs cvs.sourceforge.net /cvsroot/projectname modulename + +Example to mount the cvsfs module on hurdextras to a local directory. + + $ mkdir cvs.d + $ settrans -ac cvs.d/cvsfs /hurd/cvsfs cvs.savannah.nongnu.org sources/hurdextras cvsfs + +Now change to that directory and start using ls, emacs, and whatever you feel +like. :-) + +Happy Hacking. + + +## References + + * <http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/> + * <http://cvs.sv.nongnu.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/cvsfs/README?root=hurdextras> |