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.\" $Id: rcsintro.1,v 1.2 1993/08/02 17:51:26 mycroft Exp $ -*- nroff -*-
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.TH RCSINTRO 1 "June 29, 1983" "Purdue University"
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.SH NAME
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rcsintro \- introduction to RCS commands
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of text files.
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RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging
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of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example
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programs, documentation, graphics, papers, form letters, etc.
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.PP
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The basic user interface is extremely simple. The novice only needs
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to learn two commands:
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.I ci
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and
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.I co.
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\fICi\fR, short for "checkin", deposits the contents of a
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text file into an archival file called an RCS file. An RCS file
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contains all revisions of a particular text file.
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\fICo\fR, short for "checkout", retrieves revisions from an RCS file.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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ci(1), co(1), ident(1), merge(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5).
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.br
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Walter F. Tichy, ``An Introduction to the Revision Control System'',
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Programmer Supplementary Documents, Volume 1 (PS1), #13
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