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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.
18.7.2. Pseudo-Commands
Equivalent SCCS actions are indicated in parentheses.
- check
- Like info, but return nonzero exit codes instead of filenames.
- clean
- Remove from current directory any files that aren't being edited under SCCS (via get -e, for example).
- create
- Create SCCS files (admin -i followed by get).
- deledit
- Same as delta followed by get -e.
- delget
- Same as delta followed by get.
- diffs
- Compare file's current version and SCCS version (like sccsdiff).
- edit
- Get a file to edit (get -e).
- enter
- Like create, but without the subsequent get (admin -i).
- fix
- Same as rmdel (must be followed by -r).
- info
- List files being edited (similar to sact).
- Print information (like prs -e followed by get -p -m).
- tell
- Like info, but list one filename per line.
- unedit
- Same as unget.
18.7.3. Solaris Notes
SCCS is not available unless you have done at least a developer-system install.
The environment variable PROJECTDIR specifies a location where sccs searches for SCCS files. There are two possible kinds of values you can use.
- An absolute pathname
- sccs searches for SCCS files in the directory named by $PROJECTDIR.
- A username
- sccs looks in the src or source subdirectory of the given user's home directory.
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