NAME

       rancid-cvs - initialize CVS or Subversion and rancid group files and directories

SYNOPSIS

       rancid-cvs [-V] [group [group ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       rancid-cvs  creates the directories and router.db(5) for each rancid group and handles the
       revision control system (CVS or Subversion) set-up.  It must be run after installation and
       whenever a rancid group is added.

       rancid-cvs   reads   rancid.conf(5)   to   configure   itself,   then  proceeds  with  the
       initialization.  First of the CVS or Subversion repository, if  necessary,  and  then  for
       each  of  the  rancid  groups  listed  on  the  command-line  or  those  in  the  variable
       LIST_OF_GROUPS from rancid.conf(5), if the argument is omitted.

       Running rancid-cvs for groups which already exist will not cause problems.  If the group's
       directory already exists, the import into the revision control system will be skipped, and
       if it's router.db(5) already exists, it will not be altered.

       The command-line options are as follows:

       -V     Prints package name and version strings.

       The  best  method  for  adding  groups  is  add  the  group  name  to  LIST_OF_GROUPS   in
       rancid.conf(5), then run rancid-cvs. Do not create the directories manually, allow rancid-
       cvs to do it.

SEE ALSO

       cvs(1), rancid.conf(5), router.db(5), svn(1)

                                          5 October 2006                            rancid-cvs(1)