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7.3 Removing directories
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In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to removing
files--you want the directory to not exist in your current working
directories, but you also want to be able to retrieve old releases in
which the directory existed.
The way that you remove a directory is to remove all the files in
it. You don't remove the directory itself; there is no way to do that.
Instead you specify the `-P' option to `cvs update' or `cvs checkout',
which will cause CVS to remove empty directories from working
directories. (Note that `cvs export' always removes empty directories.)
Probably the best way to do this is to always specify `-P'; if you want
an empty directory then put a dummy file (for example `.keepme') in it
to prevent `-P' from removing it.
Note that `-P' is implied by the `-r' or `-D' options of `checkout'.
This way CVS will be able to correctly create the directory or not
depending on whether the particular version you are checking out
contains any files in that directory.
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