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Apache Ant CVS Task

CVS (Concurrent Version System) is a version control system. It is used to handle modules retrieved from the CVS repository.

Apache Ant CVS Task Attributes

Attribute	Description	Required
command	Command to be executed.	No
compression	Require either true or false	No
compressionlevel	It takes a number between 1 and 9.	No
cvsRoot	A CVSROOT variable.	No
cvsRsh	A CVS_RSH variable.	No
dest	A destination directory path.	No
package	Package name to be checked out.	No
tag	Tag of the package to check out.	No
date	Date of most recent revision.	No
quiet	Suppress informational messages.	No
reallyquiet	Suppress all messages.	No
noexec	No execution.	No
output	To produce output.	No
error	The file to direct standard error from the command.	No
append	whether to append output/error when redirecting to a file.	No
port	Port to be used by CVS.	No
passfile	A file that read passwords.	No
failonerror	Stop the build process if fails.	No

Apache Ant CVS Task Example

Lets see an example in which check out the package ant from the CVS repository pointed by the cvsRoot attribute, and store the files in ${ws.dir}.

We can update package which is already checked out into ${ws.dir}. Use the below example.