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=== The administrative files ===
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The directory &lsquo;<tt>$CVSROOT/CVSROOT</tt>&rsquo; contains some <em>administrative
files</em>.  See [[cvs: Reference manual for Administrative files#Reference manual for Administrative files|Administrative files]], for a complete description.
You can use <small>CVS</small> without any of these files, but
some commands work better when at least the
&lsquo;<tt>modules</tt>&rsquo; file is properly set up.

The most important of these files is the &lsquo;<tt>modules</tt>&rsquo;
file.  It defines all modules in the repository.  This
is a sample &lsquo;<tt>modules</tt>&rsquo; file.

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 CVSROOT         CVSROOT
 modules         CVSROOT modules
 cvs             gnu/cvs
 rcs             gnu/rcs
 diff            gnu/diff
 tc              yoyodyne/tc
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The &lsquo;<tt>modules</tt>&rsquo; file is line oriented.  In its
simplest form each line contains the name of the
module, whitespace, and the directory where the module
resides.  The directory is a path relative to
<code>$CVSROOT</code>.  The last four lines in the example
above are examples of such lines.


The line that defines the module called &lsquo;<code>modules</code>&rsquo;
uses features that are not explained here.
See [[cvs: The modules file#The modules file|modules]], for a full explanation of all the
available features.

This document was generated on <i>a sunny day</i> using [http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/ <i>texi2html</i>].
