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How to change the description of a file in CVS?

How to change the description of a file in CVS? By description, I mean the text after the "description:" line when I issue cvs log.

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The answer is using cvs admin -t-<new description> <filename>

Example:

cvs admin -t-"Math library" math_lib.c
hcs42  2009-09-30 10:32:31

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