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Old 02-25-2011
RCS register a file without the prompt

Hi there,

I'm very new to UNIX. I'm writing a script (tcsh / Solaris) in which a file is created and then it needs to be registered using RCS. The problem is that on running the command "ci -u myfile" I keep getting prompted to "enter description, terminated with single '.' or end of file:"

Is there any way to run this command in a script without having to input the description manually? The -m option only seems to work after the file has been initially registered and does not seem to work the first time you try to check in a file.

Thanks for any help!
 

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