MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

sccs2rcs(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities sccs2rcs(1)
Options
sccs2rcs accepts the following options:
–Ffile...
provides an alternate way to specify file names. The given file is a text file contain-
ing a list of file names, one file name per line. sccs2rcs converts all the files
named in file, using the options specified on the command line. Multiple –F options
may be specified on the command line, and can either be grouped together or inter-
spersed between options.
–O ignores any default options found in the configuration file.
–v displays extra information about the conversion. At present, this information consists
of the input file name, the output file name, and any renumberings performed.
–Yfile specifies file as the local configuration file.
Revision Numbers
If possible, sccs2rcs keeps revision numbers the same as in the original
SCCS file. How-
ever, there is a discrepancy between the way
RCS and SCCS assign numbers to revisions, and
this may cause problems. In SCCS, all branch revision numbers, including those of branches of
branches, have only four components. For example, suppose you want to branch off from
revision 1.2.3.4. In
RCS, the first version of the branch would be numbered 1.2.3.4.1.1; in
SCCS, it would be numbered 1.2.4.1.
In this situation, preserving the original SCCS numbers would give an entirely different revi-
sion structure. sccs2rcs therefore renumbers all branches according to
RCS conventions,
eliminating this problem.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are
0 Successful completion.
1 n error occurred.
Messages
Message: bad control d line in SCCS file filename
Cause: The SCCS file has become corrupted in some way, and cannot be converted by
sccs2rcs.
Action: Recover a clean copy of the SCCS file from backups and try again.
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