When doing a cvs co, the -r option makes the new working files read-only. The -P option prunes (deletes) empty directories after checking out. From the man page, the explanation for the -P option says at the end:

Note that this option is implied by the -r or -D options of checkout and export.

I can't think why this would be?

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