RCSFREEZE(1)RCSFREEZE(1)NAME
rcsfreeze - freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
SYNOPSIS
rcsfreeze [name]
DESCRIPTION
rcsfreeze assigns a symbolic revision number to a set of RCS files that
form a valid configuration.
The idea is to run rcsfreeze each time a new version is checked in. A
unique symbolic name (C_number, where number is increased each time
rcsfreeze is run) is then assigned to the most recent revision of each
RCS file of the main trunk.
An optional name argument to rcsfreeze gives a symbolic name to the
configuration. The unique identifier is still generated and is listed
in the log file but it will not appear as part of the symbolic revision
name in the actual RCS files.
A log message is requested from the user for future reference.
The shell script works only on all RCS files at one time. All changed
files must be checked in already. Run rcsclean(1) first and see
whether any sources remain in the current directory.
FILES
RCS/.rcsfreeze.ver
version number
RCS/.rcsfreeze.log
log messages, most recent first
ENVIRONMENT
RCSINIT
Options prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces. A
backslash escapes spaces within an option. The RCSINIT options
are prepended to the argument lists of most RCS commands. Use‐
ful RCSINIT options include -q, -V, -x, and -z.
RCS_MEM_LIMIT
An integer lim, measured in kilobytes, specifying the threshold
under which commands will try to use memory-based operations for
processing the RCS file. (For RCS files of size lim kilobytes
or greater, RCS will use the slower standard input/output rou‐
tines.) Default value is 256.
TMPDIR Name of the temporary directory. If not set, the environment
variables TMP and TEMP are inspected instead and the first value
found is taken; if none of them are set, a host-dependent
default is used, typically /tmp.
AUTHOR
Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
SEE ALSOco(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1).
Walter F. Tichy, RCSA System for Version Control, SoftwarePractice &
Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.
The full documentation for RCS is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info(1) and RCS programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info rcs
should give you access to the complete manual. Additionally, the RCS
homepage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/
has news and links to the latest release, development site, etc.
BUGS
rcsfreeze does not check whether any sources are checked out and modi‐
fied.
Although both working and RCS file names are accepted, they are not
paired as usual with RCS commands.
Error checking is rudimentary.
rcsfreeze is just an optional example shell script, and should not be
taken too seriously. See CVS for a more complete solution.
GNU RCS 5.9.0 2013-05-28 RCSFREEZE(1)