Norman, > The files themselves have no CVS state -- even the keywords have no > state that's read rather than written. The only state is in the CVS > subdirectory, in the Entries file, as Peter says. What you describe > doesn't sound like it should cause any problem at all, since it should > be equivalent to a (possibly substantial) edit of the file. > Does `cvs status mapping.c' say anything interesting? It says the same thing: dsb /star/cvs/cvs/libraries/ast > cvs status mapping.c [log in to unmask] password: cvs [server aborted]: could not find desired version 1.89 in /cvs/libraries/ast/mapping.c,v David