cvs trick: use local repository
Problem: setup cvs to use a local repository
You have a local repository - in a folder on your local disk or mounted network disk - and you would like to check out from this.
Solution
Setup your CVSROOT environment
export CVSROOT=:local:/path/to/your/cvs_root
where /path/to/your/cvs_root is the path to your local cvs repository.
Checkout from local repository
cvs co MyProjectName
where you have to substitute MyProjectName with the real name.
