val(1) General Commands Manual val(1)
NAME
val - Validates Source Code Control System (SCCS) files
SYNOPSIS
val [-m identifier] [-r SID] [-s] [-y type] file...
val -
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
val: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
Compares the value identifier with the SCCS %M% identification keyword in file. See the get command for more information on the %M% key-
word. Specifies the SID (SCCS ID) of the file to be validated. The SID must be valid and unambiguous. If the SID is valid and unambigu-
ous, it must exist. Suppresses the error message normally written to standard output. Specifies a type to compare with the SCCS %Y% iden-
tification keyword in file. See the get command for more information on the %Y% keyword.
OPERANDS
Specifies the pathname of an existing SCCS file.
If you specify no options and a - (dash) for file, val reads standard input and interprets each line of standard input as if it were
a command-line argument list consisting of val options and the name of a file. (However, the line is not subjected to any of the
shell word expansions, such as parameter expansion or quote removal.) An End-of-File key sequence terminates input.
DESCRIPTION
The val command reads files and determines whether each specified file is an SCCS file meeting the characteristics specified by the
options.
The val command displays error messages to standard output for each file processed, unless the -s option is specified. The val command
also returns a single 8-bit code upon exit, described under EXIT STATUS.
NOTES
Since the val exit status sets the 0x80 bit, you cannot check $? to tell if it terminated due to a missing file argument or receipt of a
signal.
EXIT STATUS
The 8-bit code indicates possible mismatches or errors. It is interpreted as a bit string, in which set bits (from left to right) are
interpreted as follows: Missing file argument. Unknown or duplicate option. Damaged SCCS file. Cannot open file or file not SCCS. SID
is invalid or ambiguous. SID does not exist. %Y%, -y mismatch. %M%, -m mismatch.
When val processes two or more files on a given command line or multiple command lines (when reading the standard input), a code is
returned that is a logical OR of the codes generated for each file processed.
EXAMPLES
To determine if file s.test.c is an SCCS text file, enter: val -y text s.test.c
or: val - -y text s.test.c <Ctrl-d>
where <Ctrl-d> is the End-of-File key sequence. In a directory with three SCCS files, s.x (of t type "text"), s.y and s.z (a cor-
rupted file), the following command could produce the output shown: val - <<EOF -y source s.x -m y s.y s.z EOF
-y source s.x
s.x: %Y%, -y mismatch s.z
s.z: corrupted SCCS file
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of val: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization vari-
ables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-empty string value,
overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes
of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments and input files). Determines the
locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and informative messages written to standard output.
Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
SEE ALSO
Commands: admin(1), cdc(1), comb(1), delta(1), get(1), prs(1), rmdel(1), sact(1), sccs(1), sccsdiff(1), sccshelp(1), unget(1), what(1)
Files: sccsfile(4)
Standards: standards(5)
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