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SCCS(1)			  BSD General Commands Manual		       SCCS(1)

NAME
     sccs — front end for the SCCS subsystem

SYNOPSIS
     sccs [-r] [-d path] [-T] [-V] [--version] [-p path] [--prefix=path]
	  [--cssc] command [flags] [file ...]

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 (but see
     the section entitled BUGS).

     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 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 cre‐
	      ation 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 com‐
	      piler 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 dan‐
	      gerous 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 argument)
	      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 anything is
	      being edited.  The intent is to have this included in an install
	      entry in a makefile to insure that everything 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 pro‐
	      gram(s) you have out for editing and the versions in SCCS for‐
	      mat.  The -r, -c, -i, -x, and -t flags are passed to
	      get; the -l, -s, -e, -f, -h, -u, -n, -w, and -b options are
	      passed to diff.  The -a, -B, -d, -H, -p, -q, -s, -v, and -y
	      options are passed to diff but these options are (usually) spe‐
	      cific to GNU diff, and so may not be supported on systems other
	      than GNU.	 The -C flag is passed to diff as -c.

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

     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.

     --cssc	   Returns a zero exit value (for the GNU version only).  No
		   other operation is performed.  This flag is used by the
		   test suite to determine if it needs to use the --prefix
		   flag in order to find the correct subprograms (non-GNU ver‐
		   sions of sccs have the full pathnames for the subprograms
		   hard-coded).	 In this way, the CSSC test suite can be com‐
		   piled ready for installation in a particular directory, but
		   the test suite can still be run before the suite has been
		   installed in its final position.  This option is supported
		   only by the GNU version of sccs.

     --prefix=foo  Uses foo as the prefix for SCCS sub-commands.   The default
		   prefix is compiled into the program and is usually
		   “/usr/sccs”.	 You can discover the prefix setting with the
		   -V flag.  This prefix is used without a final slash being
		   appended, so values like “/usr/local/bin/cssc-” can be
		   used.  This option is disallowed if the program is
		   installed setuid, and it is supported only by the GNU ver‐
		   sion of sccs.  This option is not equivalent to the -p
		   flag.

     --version	   Show version information; synonymous with the -V flag.

     -r		   Runs sccs as the real user rather than as whatever effec‐
		   tive user sccs is “set user id” to.

     -d		   Specifies a root directory for the SCCS files.  The default
		   is the current directory.  If environment variable
		   PROJECTDIR is set, it will be used to determine the -d
		   flag.

     -p		   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”.  Please note that the -p flag is
		   (very) different in purpose from the --prefix option.

     -T		   This flag causes the program to emit a debugging trace on
		   stdout.  This flag may be disabled at compile time.

     -V		   Shows the version information for the sccs program, and the
		   subcommand prefix being used.  This option is supported
		   only by the GNU version of sccs.

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) $@

MAINTAINER
     This version of sccs is maintained by James Youngman, <jay@gnu.org>.

ENVIRONMENT
     PROJECTDIR

		   The PROJECTDIR environment variable is checked by 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
		   directory is found, it is used.

DIAGNOSTICS
     There are many error messages, mostly brief but fairly obvious.  If all
     goes acording to plan, the program's exit status is zero.	Otherwise, it
     will be one of the following values:-

     0	   No error; everything proceeded according to plan.

     64	   Command line usage error

     69	   Could not exec program

     70	   Internal software error.  This should not happen.

     71	   System error (e.g., can't fork)

     75	   Temporary failure; retry later.  This error is returned when the
	   system runs out of memory.

     77	   Permission denied.  This error occurs when the program has been
	   installed setuid, but SCCSDIR was not configured in at compile
	   time.  This can also happen if something goes wrong when the pro‐
	   gram tries to drop its setuid or setgid privileges.	When a program
	   exits due to a fatal signal, the shell usually adds 128 to the sig‐
	   nal number and uses that as the return value.   Some systems also
	   produce values in this range if there was a problem with the
	   dynamic linker.

SEE ALSO
     what(1), sccs-admin(1), sccs-cdc(1), sccs-comb(1), sccs-delta(1),
     sccs-get(1), sccs-help(1), sccs-prs(1), sccs-prt(1), sccs-rmchg(1),
     sccs-rmdel(1), sccs-sact(1), sccsdiff(1), sccs-unget(1), sccs-val(1),
     make(1), rcsintro(1), cvs(1), sccsfile(5).

     Eric Allman, An Introduction to the Source Code Control System.

     James Youngman, CSSC: Compatibly Stupid Source Control.

COPYING
     Copyright © 1998
     Free Software Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.

     Copyright © 1983, 1990, 1993
     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modi‐
     fication, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

     1.	  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     2.	  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

     3.	  All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this soft‐
	  ware must display the following acknowledgement:

	  This product includes software developed by the University of Cali‐
	  fornia, Berkeley and its contributors.

     4.	  Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
	  may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this soft‐
	  ware without specific prior written permission.

     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
     ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
     IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR‐
     POSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
     LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CON‐
     SEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTI‐
     TUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTER‐
     RUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CON‐
     TRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
     ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
     THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

HISTORY
     The sccs command appeared in 4.3BSD.

     This version of sccs has been slightly modified to support GNU Autoconf,
     and several new options (those beginning with two dashes and also -V) and
     to make it somewhat more portable.	 The program otherwise remains largely
     unchanged.

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

     Though this program is mostly derived from the original BSD code, the
     subprograms accompanying it in the CSSC suite (admin, get, delta and so
     on) are not the original AT&T code.  Please do not count on these pro‐
     grams being secure.

     Other known bugs are listed in the file BUGS, which accompanies GNU CSSC.

GNU				 June 3, 1998				   GNU
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