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| <h1 class="Head">CVS Ext Connection Method</h1> |
| <p class="Para">The following preferences can be changed on the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.team.cvs.ui.ExtMethodPreferencePage)")'> |
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| Connection Method</strong></a> preference page.</p> |
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| <td width="150" align="left" valign="top">Use external program vs. Use internal connection method</td> |
| <td width="650" align="left" valign="top">This page allows you to configure the ext connection method to use an |
| external program or another connection method to to connect to a server. The later option is provided to allow |
| custom connection method such as extssh to remain compatible with external CVS client tools.</td> |
| <td width="65" valign="top">Use external program</td> |
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| <td valign="top" align="left">CVS_RSH</td> |
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| Use this option to configure the program that will be called to connect to the remote CVS server. The RSH |
| command is invoked with following calling pattern: |
| <p><em>CVS_RSH Parameters CVS_SERVER</em></p> |
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| <td valign="top">ssh</td> |
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| <td valign="top" align="left">Parameters</td> |
| <td valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure the parameters passed to the CVS_RSH program. The |
| default parameter pattern is {host} -l {user}. It can be tailored using the {host}, {user}, {password} and {port} |
| variables.</td> |
| <td valign="top">-l {host} {user}</td> |
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| <td valign="top" align="left">CVS_SERVER</td> |
| <td valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure the name of the remote CVS server program to run. |
| Change this setting only if the remote CVS server binary name is different than the default.</td> |
| <td valign="top">cvs</td> |
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| <td valign="top" align="left">Connection type</td> |
| <td valign="top" align="left">Use this option to set the connection method to be used for repository locations |
| that use the ext connection method, if the option to use another connection method is enabled.</td> |
| <td>pserver</td> |
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