Is the server a Cygwin CVS? If so, try using /cygdrive/c in stead of c:\ :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cygdrive/c/eglrepository
HTH rlc NB: if this WAG doesn't help, try providing a bit more info, such as what kind of CVS is running on the Win2000 server On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Andy Todd wrote: > Hi all, > > I updated my installation of Cygwin yesterday. As part of this CVS was > updated to version 1.11.5-1 > > I had been using cvs quite successfully to talk to a repository on a > Windows 2000 server. As of this upgrade this is no longer working. When > I cd to my copy and type 'cvs update' I get an error; > > cvs update: CVSROOT requires a path spec: > cvs update: > :(gserver|kserver|pserver):[[user][:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[port]]/path > cvs update: [:(ext|server):[EMAIL PROTECTED]:]/path > cvs [update aborted]: Bad CVSROOT: > `:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:c:\eglrepository'. > > I've tried doing a fresh checkout (to another directory) with all sorts > of variations on the path spec but none seems to work, for instance; > > $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/c:\\eglrepository login > > or > > $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/c//eglrepository login > > etc. > > Can anyone provide any suggestions? Please cc me as I'm not subscribed > to the list. > > Thanks and regards, > Andy > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
