[Mitgcm-support] Re: downloading and installing

[mitgcm-support at dev.mitgcm.org]

James,

 >                                                  ... One thing your
 > instructions don't mention is that the file ".cvspass" needs to exist in
 > order for the login process to work. (Doesn't seem to matter what's in
 > the file, it just needs to be there).

I think that file is *created* by "cvs login" and it's meant to contain

    :pserver:cvsanon at mitgcm.org:/u/u0/gcmpack

after the login process. It sounds like a CVS quirk. What version are you
using?

Alistair.