Name

watchers — Synonyms: none

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] watchers [-lR] [files...]

Displays the list of users who are watching the files listed as parameters. If no files are listed, this command lists the watchers for the files in the current directory and its subdirectories.

See also edit, editors, unedit, and watch.

Command options

-l

Run watchers on files in the local directory only. (Do not recurse down subdirectories.)

See also -R.

-R

Run watchers on files in the local directory and all subdirectories and recurse down the subdirectories. This option is the default.

See also -l.

Example

bash-2.05a$ cvs watchers Makefile
Makefile doppel edit unedit commit
         jenn edit unedit commit

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