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18.7. sccs and Pseudo-Commands

The compatibility packages include sccs, a front-end to the SCCS utility. This command provides a more user-friendly interface to SCCS and has the following command-line syntax:

sccs  [options]  command  [SCCS_flags]  [files]

In addition to providing all the regular SCCS commands, sccs offers pseudo-commands. These are easy-to-use, prebuilt combinations of the regular SCCS commands. options apply only to the sccs interface. command is the SCCS command or pseudo-command to run, and SCCS_flags are specific options passed to the SCCS command being run.

sccs makes it easier to specify files because it automatically prepends SCCS/s. to any filename arguments. For example:

sccs get -e file.c

would be interpreted as:

get -e SCCS/s.file.c

Thus, when using sccs, you would first make a directory named SCCS to hold all the s. SCCS files.

18.7.1. Options

-dprepath
Locate files in prepath rather than in current directory. For example:

sccs -d/home get file.c

is interpreted as:

get /home/SCCS/s.file.c
-pendpath
Access files from directory endpath instead of SCCS. For example:

sccs -pVERSIONS get file.c

is interpreted as:

get VERSIONS/s.file.c
-r
Invoke sccs as the real user instead of as the effective user.



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