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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!marsh!cproto From: cproto@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol) Subject: 386bsd and version control via RCS or CVS Message-ID: <cproto.713619828@marsh> Summary: 386bsd and version control with RCS or CVS Keywords: 386bsd RCS CVS Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager) Organization: Curtin University of Technology Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 11:43:48 GMT Lines: 19 I'm trying to use RCS or CVS to keep track of changes made to 386bsd. My problem is the amount of diskspace wasted. Using NSE under SunOS I don't have the same problem. All source files of a project are under NSE control but are mapped into a work area using the translucent file system. This gives read access to all files associated with that particular project so that you can do a make or browse through files. Once you check out a file a writeable copy is created in your work environment. This means that only during the time a file is checked out you require additional diskspace. Once you checked a changed file back in it becomes read only (mapped via the translucent file system), the space for the copy is freed but you still can do a make on it or browse through it without having to check the file out. The question is - can I achieve the same thing with RCS or CVS. Otherwise is there a public domain version of the TFS ? Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au)