CVSVersion Task

CvsVersion

Description

This task allows to retrieve a CVS client and server version

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
Attributes from parent Cvs task which are meaningful here
cvsRoot	the `CVSROOT` variable.	No
cvsRsh	the `CVS_RSH` variable.	No
dest	directory containing the checked out version of the project	No, default is project's basedir.
package	the package/module to check out.	No
port	Port used by CVS to communicate with the server.	No, default port 2401.
passfile	Password file to read passwords from.	No, default file ~/.cvspass.
failonerror	Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code other than `0`. Defaults to false	No
Specific attributes
cvsclientproperty	Name of a property where the cvsclient version should be stored	No
cvsserverproperty	Name of a property where the cvs server version should be stored	No

Examples

  <cvsversion cvsRoot=":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic"
       passfile="/home/myself/.cvspass"
       cvsserverproperty="apachecvsversion"
       cvsclientproperty="localcvsversion"
  />

finds out the cvs client and server versions and stores the versions in the properties called apachecvsversion and localcvsversion