## CvsVersion

Since Apache Ant 1.6.1.

### Description

This task allows to retrieve a CVS client and server version.

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
Attributes from parent `<cvs>` task which are meaningful here
cvsRoot | the `CVSROOT` variable. | No
cvsRsh | the `CVS_RSH` variable. | No
dest | directory containing the checked out version of the project | No; default is project's basedir
package | the package/module to check out. | No
port | Port used by CVS to communicate with the server. | No; default is 2401
passfile | Password file to read passwords from. | No; default is ~/.cvspass
failonerror | Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code other than 0. | No; defaults to false
Specific attributes
clientversionproperty | Name of a property where the CVS client version should be stored | No
serverversionproperty | Name of a property where the CVS server version should be stored | No

### Examples

    <cvsversion cvsRoot=":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic"
                passfile="/home/myself/.cvspass"
                serverversionproperty="apachecvsversion"
                clientversionproperty="localcvsversion"/>

finds out the CVS client and server versions and stores the versions in the properties called `apachecvsversion` and `localcvsversion`