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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 ALSO
       co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1).

       Walter F. Tichy, RCSA System for Version	 Control,  SoftwarePractice  &
       Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

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 5.8.1			  2012-06-07			  RCSFREEZE(1)

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