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Subject:Re: CVS and Word docs From:CHEEK1 -at- sbcglobal -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:21:12 -0500
>> *NOTE* When you add a binary file to CVS, be sure
>> to use the '-kb' flag so CVS knows its binary.
>> Otherwise, CVS will assume its a text file and
>> it may mess your Word doc up.
>
> Not "may"--"will." As I wrote before, you may not
> realize it until something requires you to get a
> version from CVS, at which point you'll discover
> that there's nothing usable stored there!
There is an administrative option to tell CVS to
always treat certain file types as binary. You can use
that to tell CVS to check in .doc and .dot files
automatically as binary without needing to use the -kb
option.
That being said, I do not remember how to use any of
the administrative commands in CVS.
Regards,
Kevin Cheek
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