"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > should i use something different? > > Use the -ko flag to "add" in CVS for the generated files to stop keyword > expansion. If you want to use keyword expansion, then you have to be > careful in your usage (especially with perl or shell scripts). You can change/add -k flags to already-committed files using 'cvs admin'. See the CVS book for details: http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html Matthew