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RCS(1)									RCS(1)

NAME
       rcs - change RCS file attributes

SYNOPSIS
       rcs [ options ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       rcs  creates  new RCS files or changes attributes of existing ones.  An
       RCS file contains multiple revisions of text, an access list, a	change
       log,  descriptive  text, and some control attributes.  For rcs to work,
       the caller's login name must be on  the	access	list,  except  if  the
       access  list is empty, the caller is the owner of the file or the supe‐
       ruser, or the -i option is present.

       Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files;  all	others	denote
       working	files.	Names are paired as explained in ci(1).	 Revision num‐
       bers use the syntax described in ci(1).

OPTIONS
       -i     Create and initialize a new RCS file, but	 do  not  deposit  any
	      revision.	  If  the RCS file has no path prefix, try to place it
	      first into the subdirectory ./RCS, and  then  into  the  current
	      directory.   If the RCS file already exists, print an error mes‐
	      sage.

       -alogins
	      Append the login names appearing	in  the	 comma-separated  list
	      logins to the access list of the RCS file.

       -Aoldfile
	      Append  the access list of oldfile to the access list of the RCS
	      file.

       -e[logins]
	      Erase the login names  appearing	in  the	 comma-separated  list
	      logins from the access list of the RCS file.  If logins is omit‐
	      ted, erase the entire access list.

       -b[rev]
	      Set the default branch to rev.  If rev is omitted,  the  default
	      branch  is  reset	 to  the  (dynamically)	 highest branch on the
	      trunk.

       -cstring
	      sets the comment	leader	to  string.   The  comment  leader  is
	      printed  before  every log message line generated by the keyword
	      $Log$ during checkout (see co(1)).  This is useful for  program‐
	      ming  languages without multi-line comments.  An initial ci , or
	      an rcs -i without -c, guesses the comment leader from the suffix
	      of the working file.

       -ksubst
	      Set  the	default	 keyword substitution to subst.	 The effect of
	      keyword substitution is described in co(1).  Giving an  explicit
	      -k  option  to co, rcsdiff, and rcsmerge overrides this default.
	      Beware rcs -kv, because -kv is  incompatible  with  co -l.   Use
	      rcs -kkv to restore the normal default keyword substitution.

       -l[rev]
	      Lock  the	 revision with number rev.  If a branch is given, lock
	      the latest revision on that branch.  If rev is omitted, lock the
	      latest  revision	on the default branch.	Locking prevents over‐
	      lapping changes.	A lock is  removed  with  ci  or  rcs -u  (see
	      below).

       -u[rev]
	      Unlock  the  revision  with  number  rev.	 If a branch is given,
	      unlock the latest revision on that branch.  If rev  is  omitted,
	      remove  the  latest lock held by the caller.  Normally, only the
	      locker of a revision may unlock it.  Somebody else  unlocking  a
	      revision breaks the lock.	 This causes a mail message to be sent
	      to the original  locker.	 The  message  contains	 a  commentary
	      solicited	 from  the  breaker.   The commentary is terminated by
	      end-of-file or by a line containing . by itself.

       -L     Set locking to strict.  Strict locking means that the  owner  of
	      an RCS file is not exempt from locking for checkin.  This option
	      should be used for files that are shared.

       -U     Set locking to non-strict.  Non-strict locking  means  that  the
	      owner  of	 a  file  need	not lock a revision for checkin.  This
	      option should not be used for files that	are  shared.   Whether
	      default  locking is strict is determined by your system adminis‐
	      trator, but it is normally strict.

       -mrev:msg
	      Replace revision rev's log message with msg.

       -nname[:[rev]]
	      Associate the symbolic name name with  the  branch  or  revision
	      rev.   Delete  the  symbolic name if both : and rev are omitted;
	      otherwise, print an error message if name is already  associated
	      with  another number.  If rev is symbolic, it is expanded before
	      association.  A rev consisting of a branch number followed by  a
	      .	 stands	 for  the  current latest revision in the branch.  A :
	      with an empty rev stands for the current latest revision on  the
	      default	 branch,    normally	the   trunk.	For   example,
	      rcs -nname: RCS/* associates name with the current latest	 revi‐
	      sion   of	  all	the  named  RCS	 files;	 this  contrasts  with
	      rcs -nname:$ RCS/* which associates name with the revision  num‐
	      bers extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding working
	      files.

       -Nname[:[rev]]
	      Act like -n, except override any previous assignment of name.

       -orange
	      deletes (“outdates”) the revisions given by range.  A range con‐
	      sisting  of  a  single  revision	number means that revision.  A
	      range consisting of a branch number means the latest revision on
	      that branch.  A range of the form rev1:rev2 means revisions rev1
	      to rev2 on the same branch, :rev means from the beginning of the
	      branch  containing  rev  up to and including rev, and rev: means
	      from revision rev to the end of the branch containing rev.  None
	      of the outdated revisions may have branches or locks.

       -q     Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.

       -I     Run interactively, even if the standard input is not a terminal.

       -sstate[:rev]
	      Set  the	state attribute of the revision rev to state .	If rev
	      is a branch number, assume the latest revision on	 that  branch.
	      If  rev  is  omitted,  assume the latest revision on the default
	      branch.  Any identifier is acceptable for state.	A  useful  set
	      of  states is Exp (for experimental), Stab (for stable), and Rel
	      (for released).  By default, ci(1) sets the state of a  revision
	      to Exp.

       -t[file]
	      Write  descriptive text from the contents of the named file into
	      the RCS file, deleting the existing text.	 The file pathname may
	      not  begin  with	-.   If	 file is omitted, obtain the text from
	      standard input, terminated by end-of-file or by a line  contain‐
	      ing  . by	 itself.  Prompt for the text if interaction is possi‐
	      ble; see -I.  With -i, descriptive text is obtained even	if  -t
	      is not given.

       -t-string
	      Write descriptive text from the string into the RCS file, delet‐
	      ing the existing text.

       -Vn    Emulate RCS version n.  See co(1) for details.

       -xsuffixes
	      Use suffixes to characterize RCS files.  See ci(1) for details.

COMPATIBILITY
       The -brev option generates an RCS file that cannot  be  parsed  by  RCS
       version 3 or earlier.

       The  -ksubst  options (except -kkv) generate an RCS file that cannot be
       parsed by RCS version 4 or earlier.

       Use rcs -Vn to make an RCS file acceptable to RCS version n by discard‐
       ing information that would confuse version n.

       RCS  version  5.5  and  earlier	does  not  support  the -x option, and
       requires a ,v suffix on an RCS pathname.

FILES
       rcs accesses files much as ci(1) does, except that it uses  the	effec‐
       tive  user  for all accesses, it does not write the working file or its
       directory, and it does not even read the working file unless a revision
       number of $ is specified.

ENVIRONMENT
       RCSINIT
	      options  prepended  to  the  argument list, separated by spaces.
	      See ci(1) for details.

DIAGNOSTICS
       The RCS pathname and the revisions outdated are written to the diagnos‐
       tic output.  The exit status is zero if and only if all operations were
       successful.

IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
       Revision Number: 5.6; Release Date: 1991/09/26.
       Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
       Copyright © 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
       co(1), ci(1), ident(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1),  rlog(1),
       rcsfile(5)
       Walter  F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software--Practice
       & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

BUGS
       The separator for revision ranges in the -o option used to be - instead
       of  :,  but this leads to confusion when symbolic names contain -.  For
       backwards compatibility rcs -o still supports the old - separator,  but
       it warns about this obsolete use.

       Symbolic	 names	need not refer to existing revisions or branches.  For
       example, the -o option does not remove symbolic names for the  outdated
       revisions; you must use -n to remove the names.

GNU				  1991/09/26				RCS(1)
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