NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

A subset of the SCCS commands are implemented, the ones that I use. Some new commands have been added. It is easy to add more commands, see the Example routine at the bottom of rccs to see how.

This interface does not require a list of files/directories for most commands; the implied list is *,v and/or RCS/*,v. Destructive commands, such as clean -f, unedit, unget, do not have an implied list. In other words, rccs diffs is the same as rccs diffs RCS but rccs unedit is not the same as rccs unedit RCS.

COMMANDS

options

Note that RCS options are typically passed through to RCS. The options that made sense to SCCS commands are translated to RCS options.

ci

Alias for delta. Checks in files.

clean [-e] [-f] [-d|y'message'] [files]

Without any arguments, this command removes all files that are read only and have an associated RCS file. With the -e argument, clean removes files that have been checked out writable but have not been modified. The -d|y|m option may be combined with -e to check in the set of files that have been modified. With the -f option, clean removes all working files, including files that have been modified since the check out. Be careful.

co

Alias for get. Checks out files.

create [-y|d'message'] [-g] files

Initial check in of files to the RCS system. The files are then checked out readonly unless the -g option is present. The -y or -d options may be used to set the descriptive text message. Differs from SCCS in that the original files are not preserved.

deledit

Alias for delta followed by a get -e.

delget

Alias for delta followed by a get.

delta [-y|d'message'] [-q] [files]

Check in a delta of the file. -q is changed to RCS' -s and means to be quiet about hwat is happening. -y'message' or -d'message' or -m'message' all get sent through to RCS as the check in message. No other arguments are translated.

diffs [-C|c] [-r<rev>] [-sdiff] [files]

Shows changes between the working files and the RCS file. Note that the files do not need to be checked out, only writable. -C or -c means do a context diff. -sdiff means do a side by side diff. The sdiff option will figure out your screen width if it knows how - see the source to make this work on your system.

edit

Alias for get -e.

enter

Alias for create -g.

fix

Useful if you just checked in the file and then realized you forgot something. The fix command will remove the top delta from the history and leave you with an editable working file with the top delta as the contents.

get [-e] [-p] [-k] [-s] [files]

Get, or check out, the file. Without any options, get just gets the latest revision of the RCS file in the working file. With -e, check out the file writable. With -p, send the file to stdout. With -k, supress expansion of key words. With -s, be quiet about what is happening.

help

Get a brief help screen of information.

history [files]

Print the RCS history (my format) of the specified files.

info [files]

Print the list of files being edited.

print

Alias for a loop that prints the history of each file followed by the contents of the file.

prs

Alias for history.

prt

Alias for history.

unedit

Alias for clean -f.

unget

Alias for clean -f.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

-debug

Turn on debugging. Used when debugging rccs itself.

-verbose

Be more verbose about what is happening.

EXAMPLES

rccs create -y'my program name' myprog.c myprog.h

rccs get -e

rccs clean -e 

rccs clean -e -d'some message'

rccs diffs

SEE ALSO

TODO