Re: Help with binary files

[Tim Endres <time@ice.com>]

Hi Doug,
    
>      Hi All,
>      I've been working with jCVS for a while now, testing it for our group. 
>      I've been having problems getting consistent results out of the binary 
>      wrap.  When I import a set of directories into an empty repository and 
>      define a number of binary file types (i.e. *.gif *.jpg *.doc) then 
>      sometimes it will not properly bring in some of them.  I.e. it would 
>      correctly bring in the jpegs, but the gif's would get buggered up.  If 
>      I specifically import them one at a time under the MISC menu it seems 
>      to work, but that's a major hassle for a lot of file!

Sure is.
  
>      Once I've got them in it seems to be consistent, but the initial 
>      import seems a bit hit and miss.  Am I using the wrong format for 
>      multiple wildcard definitions?  When I put them in the box separated 
>      by carriage returns it only correctly did the first, so then I tried 
>      separated with spaces and it took MOST of the definitions, but seemed 
>      to miss one.
>      
>      I'm hoping someone can point me to the proper format for defining 
>      multiple wildcard binaries for import.

I believe you are doing the right thing, since the spec uses whitespace to
separate file/globs ("\t\n\r"). So, it sounds like a bug. A trace would be
very helpful here. If you could go to the Main Window, File menu, Turn On
Tracing command. Then do the import, then email me the resulting 'cvslog.txt'
file. This would be very helpful.

tim.
Tim Endres, ICE Engineering, Inc.
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