Greetings Near the top of the web page http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html it reads # Set CVSROOT in your environment to :ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/gcc. Alternately add -d :ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/gcc immediately after cvs in the commands below. There shouldn't be a colon after 'org'. Thought you might like to know. Regards Ian