cvsroot is a script to help keep track of multiple
sites when using CVS, and in particular the
CVSROOT and CVS_RSH environment variables for
those sites. It creates a $HOME/.cvsroot file,
with shortcut names representing the different
CVS sites. The new environment variables
appropriate to the site selected will then be
set, and a new shell will be spawned to keep the
variables. In this way, you do not have to keep
setting the environment yourself, and can rely on
the script to keep track of things for you.