$ pwd
/repos/local

$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    3 Administ None            0 Dec 14 20:59 CVSROOT
drwxr-xr-x   12 Administ None            0 Dec 29 21:47 worldhello

$ ls CVSROOT   
Emptydir        commitinfo,v    cvswrappers,v   loginfo         notify          rcsinfo,v       val-tags
checkoutlist    config          editinfo        loginfo,v       notify,v        readers         verifymsg
checkoutlist,v  config,v        editinfo,v      modules         passwd          taginfo         verifymsg,v
commitinfo      cvswrappers     history         modules,v       rcsinfo         taginfo,v

$ cd worldhello

$ ls -F
bio/     docbook/   html/    inc/          life/   resource/  utility/
daily,v  favorite/  images/  index.html,v  make,v  sports/

$ head index.html,v
head     1.1;
branch   1.1.1;
access   ;
symbols  start:1.1.1.1 jiangxin:1.1.1;
locks    ; strict;
comment  @# @;


1.1
date     2002.12.29.13.47.00;  author jiangxin;  state Exp;

可以看出CVS的服务器端存储和客户端的是一一对应的，树形的文件系统。