cvs diff with relative paths with backslashes does not work for everybody,
works for me but not for jb.

e.g.
[g:\src\src638\configmgr]cvs diff source/misc/providerfactory.cxx
Index: source/misc/providerfactory.cxx
===================================================================
RCS file:
/usr/local/tigris/data/helm/cvs/repository/util/configmgr/source/misc/pr
oviderfactory.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -r1.12 providerfactory.cxx
240c240
<                               OSL_ASSERT(m_pPureSettings->status ==
BOOTSTRAP_DATA_OK);
---
>                               OSL_ASSERT(m_pPureSettings->valid);

[g:\src\src638\configmgr]cvs diff source\misc\providerfactory.cxx
cvs.exe diff: warning: unrecognized response `DBD::mysql::st execute
failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')' from cvs serv
er
cvs.exe diff: warning: unrecognized response `     and
HELM_ACTION.NAME = "VersionControl - Diff"' from cvs server
cvs.exe diff: warning: unrecognized response `     and
HELM_ROLE.ROLE_ID' at line 9 at /var/svscan/tigris-cvs-pserver/pcheck.pl
line 250
.' from cvs server
cvs.exe diff: warning: unrecognized response `DBD::mysql::st
fetchrow_arrayref failed: fetch() without execute() at
/var/svscan/tigris-c
vs-pserver/pcheck.pl line 252.' from cvs server
User jb doesnt have <Diff> access to project source

[g:\src\src638\configmgr]