---
name: "cvsversion"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdesdk-scripts"
version: "4:3.5.9-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cvsversion"
---

# cvsversion(1)

## NAME

cvsversion -- Displays version of the file passed as argument.

## SYNOPSIS

```
    cvsversion <file>
```

## DESCRIPTION

cvsversion displays the version in CVS of a file, as known by the local checked out directory. No connection is required to the CVS server. It can be used in other scripts, or simply to ask  for diffs using

cvs diff -r \<version\> \[-r \<version\>\] \<file\>

## EXAMPLES

```
    cd baseline/kdelibs ; cvsversion configure.in
    cvsversion baseline/kdelibs/configure.in
```

## AUTHOR

David Faure \<faure@kde.org\>