Name
status
Synopsis
cvs [cvs-options
] status [-vlR] [files
...]
Display information about files, such as the current working
or base revision, the current revision in the repository, and
whether the files are currently synchronized with the repository.
With the -v
option, status
also shows the files’
tags.
Synonyms: st
, stat
.
Standard subcommand options: -l
,
-R
.
Option
-
-v
Include information about tags.
Example
$ cvs status Makefile
=============================
File: Makefile Status: Locally Modified
Working revision: 1.6
Repository revision: 1.6 /var/lib/cvs/wizzard/Makefile,v
Sticky Tag: (none)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
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