SCCS(1)                                                                SCCS(1)


NAME
       sccs - front end for the SCCS subsystem

SYNOPSIS
       sccs [ -r ] [ -dpath ] [ -ppath ] command [ flags ] [ args ]

DESCRIPTION
       Sccs  is  a  front  end  to the SCCS programs that helps them mesh more
       cleanly with the rest of UNIX.  It also includes the capability to  run
       ‘‘set user id’’ to another user to provide additional protection.

       Basically,  sccs  runs  the  command with the specified flags and args.
       Each argument is normally modified to be prepended with ‘‘SCCS/s.’’.

       Flags to be interpreted by the sccs program must be before the  command
       argument.   Flags  to  be  passed  to the actual SCCS program must come
       after the command argument.  These flags are specific  to  the  command
       and are discussed in the documentation for that command.

       Besides  the  usual  SCCS  commands, several ‘‘pseudo-commands’’ can be
       issued.  These are:

       edit      Equivalent to ‘‘get -e’’.

       delget    Perform a delta on the named files and then get new versions.
                 The new versions will have id keywords expanded, and will not
                 be editable.  The -m, -p, -r, -s, and -y flags will be passed
                 to  delta,  and  the -b, -c, -e, -i, -k, -l, -s, and -x flags
                 will be passed to get.

       deledit   Equivalent  to  ‘‘delget’’  except  that  the  ‘‘get’’  phase
                 includes the ‘‘-e’’ flag.  This option is useful for making a
                 ‘‘checkpoint’’ of your current editing phase.  The same flags
                 will be passed to delta as described above, and all the flags
                 listed for ‘‘get’’ above except  -e  and  -k  are  passed  to
                 ‘‘edit’’.

       create    Creates  an  SCCS  file, taking the initial contents from the
                 file of the same name.  Any flags to ‘‘admin’’ are  accepted.
                 If  the  creation is successful, the files are renamed with a
                 comma on the front.  These should be  removed  when  you  are
                 convinced that the SCCS files have been created successfully.

       fix       Must be followed by a  -r  flag.   This  command  essentially
                 removes  the  named  delta, but leaves you with a copy of the
                 delta with the changes that were in it.   It  is  useful  for
                 fixing  small  compiler  bugs,  etc.   Since it doesn’t leave
                 audit trails, it should be used carefully.

       clean     This routine removes everything from  the  current  directory
                 that  can  be  recreated from SCCS files.  It will not remove
                 any files being edited.  If the -b flag  is  given,  branches
                 are  ignored  in  the determination of whether they are being
                 edited; this is dangerous if you are keeping the branches  in
                 the same directory.

       unedit    This  is  the  opposite  of  an ‘‘edit’’ or a ‘‘get -e’’.  It
                 should be used with extreme caution, since  any  changes  you
                 made since the get will be irretrievably lost.

       info      Gives a listing of all files being edited.  If the -b flag is
                 given, branches (i.e., SID’s with two  or  fewer  components)
                 are ignored.  If the -u flag is given (with an optional argu‐
                 ment) then only files being edited by you (or the named user)
                 are listed.

       check     Like  ‘‘info’’  except  that nothing is printed if nothing is
                 being edited, and a non-zero exit status is returned if  any‐
                 thing  is  being edited.  The intent is to have this included
                 in an ‘‘install’’ entry in a makefile to insure  that  every‐
                 thing  is  included  into  the  SCCS file before a version is
                 installed.

       tell      Gives a newline-separated list of the files being  edited  on
                 the standard output.  Takes the -b and -u flags like ‘‘info’’
                 and ‘‘check’’.

       diffs     Gives a ‘‘diff’’ listing between the current version  of  the
                 program(s)  you have out for editing and the versions in SCCS
                 format.  The -r, -c, -i, -x, and -t flags are passed to  get;
                 the  -l,  -s,  -e, -f, -h, and -b options are passed to diff.
                 The -C flag is passed to diff as -c.

       print     This command prints out verbose information about  the  named
                 files.

       The  -r  flag runs sccs as the real user rather than as whatever effec‐
       tive user sccs is ‘‘set user id’’ to.  The -d flag gives a root  direc‐
       tory for the SCCS files.  The default is the current directory.  The -p
       flag defines the pathname of the directory in which the SCCS files will
       be  found;  ‘‘SCCS’’  is  the default.  The -p flag differs from the -d
       flag in that the -d argument is prepended to the  entire  pathname  and
       the -p argument is inserted before the final component of the pathname.
       For  example,  ‘‘sccs  -d/x  -py  get  a/b’’  will  convert  to   ‘‘get
       /x/a/y/s.b’’.   The  intent  here  is to create aliases such as ‘‘alias
       syssccs  sccs  -d/usr/src’’  which  will  be  used  as  ‘‘syssccs   get
       cmd/who.c’’.   Also,  if  the  environment variable PROJECT is set, its
       value is used to determine the -d flag.  If it begins with a slash,  it
       is taken directly; otherwise, the home directory of a user of that name
       is examined for a subdirectory ‘‘src’’ or ‘‘source’’.  If such a direc‐
       tory is found, it is used.

       Certain  commands  (such as admin) cannot be run ‘‘set user id’’ by all
       users, since this would allow  anyone  to  change  the  authorizations.
       These commands are always run as the real user.

EXAMPLES
       To get a file for editing, edit it, and produce a new delta:

            sccs get -e file.c
            ex file.c
            sccs delta file.c

       To get a file from another directory:

            sccs -p/usr/src/sccs/s. get cc.c

       or

            sccs get /usr/src/sccs/s.cc.c

       To make a delta of a large number of files in the current directory:

            sccs delta *.c

       To get a list of files being edited that are not on branches:

            sccs info -b

       To delta everything being edited by you:

            sccs delta `sccs tell -u`

       In  a  makefile,  to  get source files from an SCCS file if it does not
       already exist:

            SRCS = <list of source files>
            $(SRCS):
                 sccs get $(REL) $@


SEE ALSO
       admin(SCCS),   chghist(SCCS),   comb(SCCS),   delta(SCCS),   get(SCCS),
       help(SCCS), prt(SCCS), rmdel(SCCS), sccsdiff(SCCS), what(SCCS)
       Eric Allman, An Introduction to the Source Code Control System

BUGS
       It  should  be able to take directory arguments on pseudo-commands like
       the SCCS commands do.


4.2 Berkeley Distribution        May 12, 1986                          SCCS(1)
 
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