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How do i checkout files in a directory non recursively in CVS

I want to checkout files of a directory from cvs server using cvs checkout command, but it is checking out files in recursive directories fashion,which i dont want.Please help me out.

For example i have following directory structure in cvs server.

dir1/abc
dir1/xyz
dir1/xyz/a1/a11
dir1/xyz/a1/a12

and i want to checkout files which are in dir1 directory only.

Please help me out !!!!

Solution

  • You can use the -l option to achieve this. 

    cvs checkout -l dir1

    Cvs will not recurse into subdirectories.