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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: Querying a cvsup server
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Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes:

> Is there a way to query one of the FreeBSD cvsup mirrors, something
> like 'svn list -v svn:...' (only with cvs or csup)?  I'm looking to
> find the revision or date of a file.

Anonymous CVS is probably the best approach for you. 
It's covered in the Handbook.