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<em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em> is omitted, the
basename of the URL will be used as the destination.
If multiple URLs are given each will be checked out into a
subdirectory of <em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em>, with the
name of the subdirectory being the basename of the
URL.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id415260"></a><h2>Alternate Names</h2><p>co</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id415270"></a><h2>Changes</h2><p>Creates a working copy.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id415280"></a><h2>Accesses Repository</h2><p>Yes</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id415290"></a><h2>Options</h2><pre class="screen">
--revision (-r) REV
--quiet (-q)
--depth ARG
--force
--accept ARG
--username USER
--password PASS
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--ignore-externals
--config-dir DIR
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id415304"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>Check out a working copy into a directory called
<code class="filename">mine</code>:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn checkout file:///var/svn/repos/test mine
A mine/a
A mine/b
Checked out revision 2.
$ ls
mine
</pre><p>Check out two different directories into two separate
working copies:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn checkout file:///var/svn/repos/test file:///var/svn/repos/quiz
A test/a
A test/b
Checked out revision 2.
A quiz/l
A quiz/m
Checked out revision 2.
$ ls
quiz test
</pre><p>Check out two different directories into two separate
working copies, but place both into a directory called
<code class="filename">working-copies</code>:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn checkout file:///var/svn/repos/test file:///var/svn/repos/quiz working-copies
A working-copies/test/a
A working-copies/test/b
Checked out revision 2.
A working-copies/quiz/l
A working-copies/quiz/m
Checked out revision 2.
$ ls
working-copies
</pre><p>If you interrupt a checkout (or something else
interrupts your checkout, like loss of connectivity, etc.),
you can restart it either by issuing the
identical checkout command again, or by updating the
incomplete working copy:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn checkout file:///var/svn/repos/test test
A test/a
A test/b
^C
svn: The operation was interrupted
svn: caught SIGINT
$ svn checkout file:///var/svn/repos/test test
A test/c
A test/d
^C
svn: The operation was interrupted
svn: caught SIGINT
$ cd test
$ svn update
A test/e
A test/f
Updated to revision 3.
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