sccs(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   sccs(1)

NAME

       sccs - front-end utility program for SCCS commands

SYNOPSIS

       rootpath] dirpath] command [options] [file]...

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  is a straightforward front end to the various programs comprising the Source Code Control System.	It includes the capability
       of running set-user-id to another user to allow shared access to the SCCS files.  reduces the need to explicitly reference the  SCCS  file-
       names.	The  SCCS filenames are generated by prepending the string to the working files specified.  The default SCCS subdirectory name can
       be overridden with the dirpath option.

       The command supplied to the command can either be an SCCS program or a pseudo command.  The SCCS programs  that	handles  include  and  The
       pseudo commands are:

	      Prints a list of all files being edited.	Returns a non-zero exit status if
			  a  file  is being edited.  The intent is to allow an 'install' entry in a makefile to verify that everything is included
			  in the SCCS file before a version is installed.  See the pseudo command for a description of the and options.

	      Removes all files from the current directory or the named directory
			  that can be recreated from the SCCS files.  Does not remove files that are in the process of being edited.  If is given,
			  branches (i.e. SID's with three or more components) are ignored in determining which files are being edited.	Therefore,
			  any edits on branches can be lost.

	      Creates the initial SCCS file, taking the contents from
			  file.  Any options to are accepted.  If the files are created successfully,  the  original  files  are  renamed  with  a
			  (comma)  on  the front.  Read-only copies are retrieved with The renamed files should be removed after you have verified
			  that the SCCS files have been created successfully.

	      Runs	  on the named files and then the new versions.  The new versions of the files have expanded identification keywords,  and
			  cannot be edited.  The options are passed to and the options are passed to

	      Equivalent to
			  except that the phase includes the option.

	      Gives a	  listing  between  the current version of the files being edited and the versions in SCCS format.  The options are passed
			  to The options are passed to The option is passed to as

	      Equivalent to

	      Equivalent to
			  except is omitted.  This pseudo command is useful when you want to run the command immediately after creating  the  SCCS
			  file.

	      Removes a named delta, but leaves a copy of the delta in the current directory.
			  The  option  is  required  and must point to a leaf in the source tree.  Since a record of the changes is not preserved,
			  should be used carefully.

	      Lists all the files being edited.  The
			  option ignores branches in determining which files are being edited.	The option lists only the files  being	edited	by
			  user.  The option is equivalent to

	      Prints information about named files.  Equivalent to
			  followed by

	      Lists all the files being edited, with a newline after each entry.  See the
			  section for a description of the and options.

	      Equivalent to
			  Any changes made since the last are lost.  Use with caution.

       Certain	commands,  and	cannot	use  the set-user-id feature, as this would allow anyone to change the authorizations.	These commands are
       always run as the real user.

   Options
       The options supplied to the SCCS commands are documented in the corresponding SCCS man pages.  The options supplied to the pseudo  commands
       are documented in the above section.  All other options preceding command are documented as follows:

	      Runs	     as the real user rather than the effective user is set-user-id to.

	      Gives the pathname to be used as the root directory for
			     the  SCCS	files.	rootpath defaults to the current directory.  This flag takes precedence over the environment vari-
			     able.

	      Specifies the pathname for the SCCS files.  The default is the SCCS directory.
			     dirpath is appended to rootpath and is inserted before the final component of the pathname.

       The command converts to This can be used to create aliases.  For example, the command makes an alias that can be used in commands like

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   Environment Variables
       If the environment variable is set, its value is used to determine the option value for rootpath.  If begins with a (slash), the  value	is
       used  directly; otherwise, the value is assume to be a login name and the home directory corresponding to login name is examined for a sub-
       directory named or If found, this directory path is used. Otherwise, the value is used as a relative path name.

       determines the interpretation of text within file as single- and/or multi-byte characters.

       determines the language in which messages are displayed.

       If or is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each  unspecified  or  empty
       variable.  If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of

       If  any	internationalization  variable	contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C".  See
       environ(5).

   International Code Set Support
       Single-byte and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

EXAMPLES

       To create a new SCCS file:

       To get a file for editing, edit it, create a new delta and get file for editing:

       To get a file from another directory

       To make a delta of a large number of files in the current directory, enter:

       To get a list of files being edited that are not on branches, enter:

       To get a list of files being edited by you, enter:

       In a makefile, to get source files from an SCCS file if it does not already exist, enter:

RETURN VALUE

       A successful completion returns 0.  On error, exists with a value from or the exit value from the  command  that  was  invoked.	 The  only
       exception is the pseudo command which returns a non-zero exit status if a file is being edited.

SEE ALSO

       admin(1),  cdc(1),  comb(1), delta(1), get(1), prs(1), rmdel(1), sact(1), sccsdiff(1), sccshelp(1), unget(1), val(1), vc(1), what(1), sccs-
       file(4).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

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