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Subject: Re: Question on CVS Branches
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> 
>> Chuck Swiger wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>>> 6-sec% touch ~/.cvspass
>>> 7-sec% cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.de.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs login
>>> Logging in to :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.de.freebsd.org:2401/home/ncvs
>>> CVS password:
>>>
>>> [ Use "anoncvs" for the password. ]
>>>
>>> 8-sec% cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.de.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs co src
>>> cvs server: Updating src
>>> U src/COPYRIGHT
>>> U src/MAINTAINERS
>>> U src/Makefile
>>> U src/Makefile.inc1
>>> U src/README
>>> U src/UPDATING
>>> cvs server: Updating src/bin
>>> ^C...
>>
>>
>> This looks like you still have to type in the password from the terminal.
>> I would like to update the source each night from a cron job.
>> Is there really no way to do that?
> 
> 
> I had to enter the password for the "cvs login"; the CVS checkout 
> operation did not require a password.
> 

How do you enter a password from within a cron job?

Heinrich