sccs-val(1) User Commands sccs-val(1)NAME
sccs-val, val - validate an SCCS file
SYNOPSIS
val [-s] [-m name] [-rsid] [-y type] s.filename...
DESCRIPTION
The val utility determines if the specified s.files meet the character‐
istics specified by the indicated arguments. val can process up to 50
files on a single command line.
val has a special argument, `−', which reads the standard input until
the end-of-file condition is detected. Each line read is independently
processed as if it were a command line argument list.
val generates diagnostic messages on the standard output for each com‐
mand line and file processed and also returns a single 8−bit code upon
exit as described below.
The 8-bit code returned by val is a disjunction of the possible errors,
that is, it can be interpreted as a bit string where (moving from left
to right) the bits set are interpreted as follows:
bit 0 = missing file argument
bit 1 = unknown or duplicate option
bit 2 = corrupted s.file
bit 3 = can not open file or file not in s.file format
bit 4 = the SCCS delta ID (SID) is invalid or ambiguous
bit 5 = the SID does not exist
bit 6 = mismatch between Y% and -y argument
bit 7 = mismatch between sccs-val.1 and -m argument
val can process two or more files on a given command line, and in turn
can process multiple command lines (when reading the standard input).
In these cases, an aggregate code is returned which is the logical OR
of the codes generated for each command line and file processed.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s Silent. Suppresses the normal error or warning messages.
-m name Compares name with the %M% ID keyword in the s.file.
-rsid Checks to see if the indicated SID is ambiguous, invalid, or
absent from the s.file.
-y type Compares type with the %Y% ID keyword.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of val: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES,
and NLSPATH.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │developer/build/make │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Standard │See standards(5). │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsccs(1), sccs-admin(1), sccs-delta(1), sccs-get(1), sccs-help(1),
what(1), sccsfile(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)DIAGNOSTICS
Use the SCCS help command for explanations (see sccs-help(1)).
SunOS 5.11 17 Jan 2008 sccs-val(1)
