cvs prob. w/binaries

[Kevin Buettner]

On Jan 2,  8:14am, Mike Starke wrote:

> I need to create a new "tree" in my repository
> with all my dia files.  Everytime I issue a command
> such as 'cvs import -ko -I\! dia MO *'
> I get an error like the following:
> 
> cvs [import aborted]: tag `dialup.dia' must not contain the characters `$,.:;@'

You need to specify a "releasetag" in your import command.  Because
you have not specified one, cvs is taking the first file name after
wildcard expansion as the tag name, but it contains characters which
are not permitted in a tag.

Kevin