This task allows to retrieve a CVS client and server version. Since Apache Ant 1.6.1.
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| Attributes from parent Cvs task which are meaningful here |
| cvsRoot | the CVSROOT variable. | No |
| cvsRsh | the CVS_RSH variable. | No |
| dest | directory containing the checked out version of the project | No, default is project's basedir. |
| package | the package/module to check out. | No |
| port | Port used by CVS to communicate with the server. | No, default port 2401. |
| passfile | Password file to read passwords from. | No, default file ~/.cvspass. |
| failonerror | Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code other than 0. Defaults to false | No |
| Specific attributes |
| clientversionproperty | Name of a property where the cvsclient version should be stored | No |
| serverversionproperty | Name of a property where the cvs server version should be stored | No |
finds out the cvs client and server versions and stores the versions in theproperties called apachecvsversion and localcvsversion
