How to remove CVS metadata from binary files

Question

I was able to recover one of my first Java projects in a CVS repository from 2002, but those files have text metadata mixed with the file data. Most of the text/sourcecode files have the metadata header like that:

head    1.2;
access;
symbols;
locks; strict;
comment @# @;
expand  @o@;


1.2
date    2004.11.13.20.36.01;    author ziegfried;   state dead;
branches;
next    1.1;

1.1
date    2002.12.11.05.49.16;    author ziegfried;   state Exp;
branches;
next    ;


desc
@@


1.2
log
@*** empty log message ***
@
text
@

and the footer metadata like that:

@


1.1
log
@ouxi
@
text
@@

For the source code or XML files I could be able to remove manually, however I have also binary image files.

How could I remove the metadata without damaging the binary files?

I tried the use of AI tools, but I am using the free version that blocks me.

Have you used the linux cvs command to simply deliver the contents? — bmargulies
– bmargulies, Commented Sep 20 at 16:44
I downloaded the entire zip file from the sourceforge repo. I wasn't able to choose how to check out. — Ademir Constantino
– Ademir Constantino, Commented Sep 20 at 17:14
do you know how to use CVS ? if not , search online for help (not AI bot) then yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCVSintro.html , youTube ... — ticktalk
– ticktalk, Commented Sep 20 at 18:19
Those are CVS repository files. You need to use cvs co to checkout the source. — Tim Roberts
– Tim Roberts, Commented Sep 20 at 19:38
Those files are not available anymore on the CVS repo. What I was able to download was a zip file containg these files. — Ademir Constantino
– Ademir Constantino, Commented Sep 20 at 19:54

Ademir Constantino · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-20 21:50:10Z

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I tried using Tortoise CVS on Windows 11 and had troubles with DLL's, anyway using Linux that was easy ;-)

cvs -d $repodir checkout -r $branchname $projectname

answered Sep 20 at 21:50

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