Edan Idzerda wrote: > What troubles me is that both -P and -A don't seem to apply, > and -d is supposed to be used to override $CVSROOT. No, you're thinking of global options, -d, -P and -A are options to the checkout command. i.e. "cvs checkout -d -P -A" not "cvs -d -P -A checkout". Matt -- Matt Chapman E-mail: mattyc at cyberdude.com