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 2.9.7 Connecting with fork
 --------------------------
 
 This access method allows you to connect to a repository on your local
 disk via the remote protocol.  In other words it does pretty much the
 same thing as `:local:', but various quirks, bugs and the like are
 those of the remote CVS rather than the local CVS.
 
    For day-to-day operations you might prefer either `:local:' or
 `:fork:', depending on your preferences.  Of course `:fork:' comes in
 particularly handy in testing or debugging `cvs' and the remote
 protocol.  Specifically, we avoid all of the network-related
 setup/configuration, timeouts, and authentication inherent in the other
 remote access methods but still create a connection which uses the
 remote protocol.
 
    To connect using the `fork' method, use `:fork:' and the pathname to
 your local repository.  For example:
 
      cvs -d :fork:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout foo
 
    As with `:ext:', the server is called `cvs' by default, or the value
 of the `CVS_SERVER' environment variable.
 

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