I used a system call to interact with CVS from a command prompt, as it
was only CVS export that I needed.

I didn't know about RSCM, it'll certainly be something worth keeping in
mind for the future.

Thanks for that.

On 17 Jan, 18:29, Mike Harris <G... / prodigy.net> wrote:
> Rob.Garw... / gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi,
>
> >I need to access a CVS repository (read only) from within a ruby
> >application. I have found the libraries CVStools and Ruby/CVS. Are
> >there any others? If not has anyone used these and would you recommend?
> >I am running ruby on WinXP and will be accessing CVS via extssh.
>
> >ThanksI've had generally good luck with RSCM
> 
> http://rscm.rubyforge.org/