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Mac OS: bash: No CVSROOT specified

Mac OS 10.7.4

I need to checkout ~70 cvs projects so I have script like this:

#!/bin/bash

cvs checkout proj1
cvs checkout proj2
cvs checkout proj3

....

cvs ckeckout proj75

But when I execute it I have an error message:

cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the '-d' option
cvs [checkout aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable.

When I write manualy cvs checkout proj1 in works.

ECHO $CVSROOT
:pserver:mylogin@server:port/repository

Would appreciate any hints to solve this issue.

Solution

  • Try setting the "$CVSROOT" explicitly in your shell script and see if that makes a difference.

    It may be that you're launching another shell (i.e. "bash") and the environment variables from your current shell, whatever it is, aren't being copied into your bash environment.