import
keeps you informed of its progress by printing a line
for each file, preceded by one character indicating the status of the file:
U
fileN
fileC
fileI
fileL
filecvs import
ignores symbolic links.
People periodically suggest that this behavior should
be changed, but if there is a consensus on what it
should be changed to, it doesn't seem to be apparent.
(Various options in the modules file can be used
to recreate symbolic links on checkout, update, etc.;
see modules.)