sccs-val(1)							   User Commands						       sccs-val(1)

NAME

       sccs-val, val - validate an SCCS file

SYNOPSIS

       val [-s] [-m name] [-rsid] [-y type] s.filename...

DESCRIPTION

       The val utility determines if the specified s.files meet the characteristics specified by the indicated arguments. val can process up to 50
       files on a single command line.

       val has a special argument, `-', which reads the standard input until the end-of-file condition is detected. Each  line	read  is  indepen-
       dently processed as if it were a command line argument list.

       val generates diagnostic messages on the standard output for each command line and file processed and also returns a single 8-bit code upon
       exit as described below.

       The 8-bit code returned by val is a disjunction of the possible errors, that is, it can be interpreted as a bit string where  (moving  from
       left to right) the bits set are interpreted as follows:

	 bit 0 = missing file argument
	 bit 1 = unknown or duplicate option
	 bit 2 = corrupted s.file
	 bit 3 = can not open file or file not in s.file format
	 bit 4 = the SCCS delta ID (SID) is invalid or ambiguous
	 bit 5 = the SID does not exist
	 bit 6 = mismatch between Y% and -y argument
	 bit 7 = mismatch between sccs-val.1 and -m argument

       val  can  process  two  or  more  files	on a given command line, and in turn can process multiple command lines (when reading the standard
       input). In these cases, an aggregate code is returned which is the logical OR of the codes generated for each command line  and	file  pro-
       cessed.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -s	  Silent.  Suppresses the normal error or warning messages.

       -m name	  Compares name with the %M% ID keyword in the s.file.

       -rsid	  Checks to see if the indicated SID is ambiguous, invalid, or absent from the s.file.

       -y type	  Compares type with the %Y% ID keyword.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5)	for  descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of val: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
       SAGES, and NLSPATH.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsprot 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Standard		     |See standards(5). 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sccs(1), sccs-admin(1), sccs-delta(1), sccs-get(1), sccs-help(1), what(1), sccsfile(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       Use the SCCS help command for explanations (see sccs-help(1)).

SunOS 5.11							    17 Jan 2008 						       sccs-val(1)