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 A.1 Overall structure of CVS commands
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 The overall format of all CVS commands is:
 
      cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [ command_args ]
 
 `cvs'
      The name of the CVS program.
 
 `cvs_options'
      Some options that affect all sub-commands of CVS.  These are
      described below.
 
 `cvs_command'
      One of several different sub-commands.  Some of the commands have
      aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in the
      reference manual for that command.  There are only two situations
      where you may omit `cvs_command': `cvs -H' elicits a list of
      available commands, and `cvs -v' displays version information on
      CVS itself.
 
 `command_options'
      Options that are specific for the command.
 
 `command_args'
      Arguments to the commands.
 
    There is unfortunately some confusion between `cvs_options' and
 `command_options'.  When given as a `cvs_option', some options only
 affect some of the commands.  When given as a `command_option' it may
 have a different meaning, and be accepted by more commands.  In other
 words, do not take the above categorization too seriously.  Look at the
 documentation instead.
 

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