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RCSDIFF(1)							    RCSDIFF(1)

NAME
       rcsdiff - compare RCS revisions

SYNOPSIS
       rcsdiff	[  -ksubst  ]  [ -q ] [ -rrev1 [ -rrev2 ] ] [ -T ] [ -V[n] ] [
       -xsuffixes ] [ -zzone ] [ diff options ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       rcsdiff runs diff(1) to compare two revisions of each RCS file given.

       Filenames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files;  all	others	denote
       working files.  Names are paired as explained in ci(1).

       The  option  -q	suppresses diagnostic output.  Zero, one, or two revi‐
       sions may be specified with -r.	The  option  -ksubst  affects  keyword
       substitution  when  extracting  revisions,  as  described in co(1); for
       example, -kk -r1.1 -r1.2 ignores differences  in	 keyword  values  when
       comparing  revisions  1.1  and 1.2.  To avoid excess output from locker
       name substitution, -kkvl is assumed if (1) at most one revision	option
       is  given,  (2)	no -k option is given, (3) -kkv is the default keyword
       substitution, and (4) the working file's	 mode  would  be  produced  by
       co -l.	See co(1) for details about -T, -V, -x and -z.	Otherwise, all
       options of diff(1) that apply to regular files are accepted,  with  the
       same meaning as for diff.

       If both rev1 and rev2 are omitted, rcsdiff compares the latest revision
       on the default branch (by default the trunk) with the contents  of  the
       corresponding  working  file.   This is useful for determining what you
       changed since the last checkin.

       If rev1 is given, but rev2 is omitted, rcsdiff compares	revision  rev1
       of the RCS file with the contents of the corresponding working file.

       If  both	 rev1  and rev2 are given, rcsdiff compares revisions rev1 and
       rev2 of the RCS file.

       Both rev1 and rev2 may be given numerically or symbolically.

EXAMPLE
       The command

	       rcsdiff	f.c

       compares the latest revision on the default branch of the RCS  file  to
       the contents of the working file f.c.

ENVIRONMENT
       RCSINIT
	      Options  prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces.  A
	      backslash escapes spaces within an option.  The RCSINIT  options
	      are  prepended to the argument lists of most RCS commands.  Use‐
	      ful RCSINIT options include -q, -V, -x, and -z.

       RCS_MEM_LIMIT
	      An integer lim, measured in kilobytes, specifying the  threshold
	      under which commands will try to use memory-based operations for
	      processing the RCS file.	(For RCS files of size	lim  kilobytes
	      or  greater,  RCS will use the slower standard input/output rou‐
	      tines.)  Default value is 256.

       TMPDIR Name of the temporary directory.	If not	set,  the  environment
	      variables TMP and TEMP are inspected instead and the first value
	      found is taken; if  none	of  them  are  set,  a	host-dependent
	      default is used, typically /tmp.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit  status  is 0 for no differences during any comparison, 1 for some
       differences, 2 for trouble.

IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
       Manual Page Revision: 5.9.2; Release Date: 2013-12-22.
       Copyright © 2010-2013 Thien-Thi Nguyen.
       Copyright © 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Paul Eggert.
       Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO
       ci(1), co(1), diff(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1).

       Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control,  Software--Practice
       & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

       The  full  documentation for RCS is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info(1) and RCS programs are properly installed at your  site,  the
       command

	      info rcs

       should  give  you access to the complete manual.	 Additionally, the RCS
       homepage:

	      http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/

       has news and links to the latest release, development site, etc.

GNU RCS 5.9.2			  2013-12-22			    RCSDIFF(1)
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