If you are not familiar with CVS, check out our getting started article.

These examples are based on Linux. Let's say your CVS home directory is /var/cvs. Move into your CVS home directory.

~]# cd /var/cvs

The remove option can be used to remove file from CVS.  Remove the file.

~]# rm <file name>

Remove the file from CVS.

~]# cvs remove <file name>

Commit the removal.

~]# cvs commit -m "removed file from CVS" <file name>