export [ flNnQq] -r rev| D date [ d dir] module...

Changes: current directory

This command is a variant of 'cvs checkout'; use it when you want a copy of the source for module without the cvs administrative directories. For example, you might use 'cvs export' to prepare source for shipment off site. This command requires that you specify a date or tag (with -D or -r), so that you can count on reproducing the source you ship to others.

The only non standard options are ' d dir' (write the source into directory dir) and ' N' (don't shorten module paths). These have the same meanings as the same options in 'cvs checkout'.

The -kv option is always set when export is used. This causes any RCS keywords to be expanded such that an import done at some other site will not lose the keyword revision information. There is no way to override this.