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.\"
.hys 50
-.TH "rancid-cvs" "1" "7 Jan 2004"
+.TH "rancid-cvs" "1" "13 August 2005"
.SH NAME
-rancid-cvs \- initialize CVS and rancid group files and directories
+rancid-cvs \- initialize CVS or Subversion and rancid group files and directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rancid-cvs
[group [group ...]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B rancid-cvs
-is a
-.IR sh (1)
-script to create the directories,
-.BR router.db (5),
-and
-.BR cvs (1)
-directories necessary for a rancid group.
+creates the directories and
+.BR router.db (5)
+for each rancid group and handles the revision control system (CVS or
+Subversion) set-up.
+It must be run after installation and whenever a rancid group is added.
.\"
.PP
.B rancid-cvs
reads
.BR rancid.conf (5)
-to configure itself. Then proceeds with the initialization first of the
-.BR cvs (1)
-repository, if necessary, and then for each of the rancid groups listed on
-the command-line or those in the variable
+to configure itself, then proceeds with the initialization.
+First of the CVS or Subversion repository, if necessary, and then for each
+of the rancid groups listed on the command-line or those in the variable
.I LIST_OF_GROUPS
from
.BR rancid.conf (5),
@@ -33,11 +30,10 @@ if the argument is omitted.
Running
.B rancid-cvs
for groups which already exist will not cause problems. If the group's
-directory already exists, the
-.BR cvs (1)
-import will be skipped, and if it's
+directory already exists, the import into the revision control system
+will be skipped, and if it's
.BR router.db (5)
-already exists, it will be left as-is.
+already exists, it will not be altered.
.\"
.PP
The best method for adding groups is add the group name to
@@ -51,4 +47,5 @@ to do it.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cvs (1),
.BR rancid.conf (5),
-.BR router.db (5)
+.BR router.db (5),
+.BR svn (1)