CVS Checkout to a directory

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How do i check out a specific directory from CVS and omit the tree leading up to that directory?

EX.

Id like to checkout to this directory
C:/WebHost/MyWebApp/www

My CVS Project directory structure is
MyWebApp/Trunk/www

How do i omit the Trunk and MyWebApp directories?

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Use cvs -d/cvsroot checkout -d directory project/path/directory. The first -d can be omitted if you set the root with the environment. This is called "shortening the path" and can be avoided with the -N option to checkout.

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I think what you want is the -d option to cvs checkout, something like

cvs checkout -d place-you-want-it module

From the CVS man page in "checkout options":

-d dir

Create a directory called dir for the working files, instead of using the module name. In general, using this flag is equivalent to using mkdir dir; cd dir followed by the checkout command without the -d flag.

Example:

$ cvs checkout -d /stuff/cvs/baz -P baz/another
cvs checkout: Updating /stuff/cvs/baz
U /stuff/cvs/baz/some
$ ls /stuff/cvs/baz
CVS/  some
$

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