cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous:anonymous@common-lisp.net:/project/snmp1/cvsroot co snmp1
This command will create a subdirectory snmp1 in your current working directory, and fill it with the project's files. At a later time, you can navigate into that directory and issue the command
cvs -z3 update
to get updates.
Back to Common-lisp.net.