% cvs -d /var/cvsroot init
% cd directory
% cvs import -m "Log Message" project_name vendor_tag release_tag
project_name can be a directory hierarchy (say arsdigita/reporte). vendor_tag and release_tag can be dummy values.
cvs history -c -u markd -D "last week"
cvs history -c -u markd -D "yesterday"
% cvs add file-name
find . -name Root -exec perl -pi.bak -e 's+/cvsweb+:ext:dev0103-003.arsdigita.com:/cvsweb+g' {} ; -print