HOWTO Access The CVS Server

Research has CVS and SVN repositories available for research projects. This page should explain exactly how to access it.

For those who don't like to read, here is all the information you'll need:
Use CVS_RSH="ssh" with the URL being :ext:$user@cvs.iat.sfu.ca:/var/cvsroot/$foobar

Command Line on Linux

Checkout

# export CVSROOT=:ext:username@cvs.iat.sfu.ca:/var/cvsroot/projectname
# export CVS_RSH=ssh
# cvs checkout modulename

Update

# cvs update modulename

Eclipse on Windows

To checkout a repository with Eclipse, use the Import Project tool from CVS. Enter the information below with Your projectname, and Your username/password

Then, select Use an existing module to see a list of which modules you can checkout (they will be listed below).