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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard V Molen <rvmolen@bambecksystems.com> writes:
> $ cvs -f -z6 tag bashtag000 .
> cvs.exe tag: nothing known about coffin
> cvs.exe [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
> $ cvs -f -z6 tag bashtag001
> cvs.exe tag: Tagging .
[...]

So that's what it is, huh!
I'll see how I can get PCL-CVS to avoid passing this `.' thing.
Of course, I'd argue it's a bug in CVS (after all, W32 also has the
. and .. convention, just like unix).
Thanks for your help.  I'll send/post a patch as soon as I have it.


        Stefan