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rcs: rcs

 
 2.6 Invoking rcs
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 The rcs command is unique in the set of RCS programs in that it has two
 usages, the modern (for RCS 5.9.0 and later) and the legacy.
 
 2.6.1 modern
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      rcs [options] command [command-arg ...]
 
 This rcs usage dispatches to COMMAND, passing along COMMAND-ARG...
 without interpretation.
 
 --commands
      Display a list of available commands, including a one-line
      description, and exit successfully.
 
 --aliases
      Display a list of command aliases and exit successfully.
 
 --help COMMAND
      Display help for a particular COMMAND and exit successfully.  For
      example, to display help for the legacy interface, use:
           --help frob
 
 2.6.2 legacy
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      rcs frob [options] file ...
      (or “rcs” instead of “rcs frob”)
 
 This rcs usage performs various administrative operations on the RCS
 file, depending on the options given.
 
 -i
      Create and initialize a new RCS file.
 
 -L
      Set strict locking.
 
 -U
      Set non-strict locking.
 
 -M
      Don’t send mail when breaking someone else’s lock.
 
      Do not confuse this with ‘-MREV’ (⇒minus-M).
 
 -T
      Preserve the modification time on the RCS file unless a revision is
      removed.
 
 -I
 -q
      ⇒Misc common options.
 
 -aLOGINS
      Append LOGINS (⇒Delim-separated list) to access-list.
 
 -e[LOGINS]
      Erase LOGINS (⇒Delim-separated list) from access-list.  If
      LOGINS is omitted, clear the access-list.
 
 -AFILE-NAME
      Append access-list of FILE-NAME to current access-list.
 
 -b[REV]
      Set default branch to that of REV or highest branch on trunk if REV
      is omitted.
 
 -l[REV]
      Lock a revision.
 
 -u[REV]
      Unlock a revision.
 
 -cSTRING
      Set comment leader to STRING.  *NB*: Don’t use; obsolete.
 
 -kSUBST
      ⇒Substitution mode option.
 
 -mREV:[MSG]
      Replace log message with MSG.  ⇒Log message option.
 
 -nNAME[:[REV]]
      If :REV is omitted, delete symbolic NAME.  Otherwise, associate
      NAME with REV; NAME must be new.
 
 -NNAME[:[REV]]
      Like ‘-n’, but overwrite any previous assignment.
 
 -oRANGE
      Delete (also known as “outdate”) revisions in RANGE:
 
      REV
           single revision
 
      BR
           latest revision on branch BR
 
      ‘REV1:REV2’
           REV1 to REV2 on same branch, inclusive
 
      ‘:REV’
           beginning of branch to REV
 
      ‘REV:’
           REV to end of branch
 
 -sSTATE[:REV]
      Set state (⇒State option).
 
 -t-TEXT
 -tFILE-NAME
      ⇒Description option.  Replace description.
 
 -V
 -VN
 -xSUFF
      ⇒Misc common options.
 
 These options have no effect, and are included solely for consistency
 with other commands (⇒Environment): ‘-zZONE’.
 

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