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Section 5.5: Using Plink with CVS

To use Plink with CVS, you need to set the environment variable CVS_RSH to point to Plink:

set CVS_RSH=\path\to\plink.exe

You also need to arrange to be able to connect to a remote host without a password. To do this, either:

• Run PuTTY, and create a PuTTY saved session (see section 3.1.2) with the protocol set to SSH (see section 3.1.1) and specifies your private key file (see section 3.15.3). You will probably also want to specify a username to log in as (see section 3.11.2). You should then be able to run CVS as follows:

cvs -d :ext:user@sessionname:/path/to/repository co module

If you specified a username in your saved session, you can just say:

cvs -d :ext:sessionname:/path/to/repository co module

Alternatively, you can use Pageant if Pageant is running (see chapter 7). To do this, you would:

• Ensure Pageant is running, and has your private key stored in it.
• Set the environment variable PLINK_PROTOCOL to the string ssh, to make sure Plink will try to connect using SSH instead of Telnet.
• Run CVS as follows:

cvs -d :ext:user@hostname:/path/to/repository co module

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