In 20021001232327.54b8e575.alfons@xxxxxxxxxx, Alfons Hoogervorst <alfons@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This elaboration because I forgot to tell you should use compression to
> save band width; using:
> 
> cvs -z3 update -dR
> 
> would be better.

  Since I use a couple of remote CVS repositories for work or open
source, I have the following in my .cvsrc :

cvs -q -z3

  I've been told this causes every cvs command to use "-q -z3".  You
might not want the -q.