--- nfo/bash/synccvs	2003/01/27 08:56:06	1.1
+++ nfo/bash/synccvs	2003/01/28 11:02:27	1.3
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
   my $shellcmd;
   my $cvscmd;
-  if (! -e $name || ($option && $option eq 'checkout')) {
+  my $exists_name = "CVS";
+  $exists_name = "$name/$exists_name" if $name;
+  if (! -e $exists_name || ($option && $option eq 'checkout')) {
     $cvscmd = 'checkout';
     $shellcmd = "cvs -d /var/lib/cvs $cvscmd -d $name $which";
   } else {