cvs checkout problem

New to cvs and I think I hate it so far. Currently the need is to maintain a single file so maybe it's not worth the trouble. Regardless, any help is appreciated.

Successfully created repository and did the initial 'add' and 'commit' on the file. But attempts to check out the file haven't been nearly as rewarding.

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> cvs co myfile cvs checkout: cannot find module `myfile' - ignored

$CVSROOT points to the repository directory and it is local.

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> echo $CVSROOT /path/to/my/repo

The repo contains the file.

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> ls /path/to/my/repo/CVSROOT/ Emptydir commitinfo config,v editinfo loginfo modules,v myfile,v taginfo verifymsg checkoutlist commitinfo,v cvswrappers editinfo,v loginfo,v notify rcsinfo taginfo,v verifymsg,v checkoutlist,v config cvswrappers,v history modules notify,v rcsinfo,v val-tags

'Emptydir' is exactly what the name suggest. Have no idea what all those other files in the repo are and not sure I need to care.

I've not found anything that works from internet searches so this is my only hope. Hopefully someone can point out my stupid error.

Cheers to all,