woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) (08/13/88)
Help! How does one make use of the Sys V vc(1) command? I would like to be able to attach a version label to a set of SCCS files such that the current (or specified) revsion would be a member of the new version. I would the like to be able to say 'get -vversion file|dir' or type 'make VERSION=version'. Polytron VCS has this capablilty. I'm not sure if RCS does. After that, it should be easy enough to use SCCS "recursively" to create a database of "versions" and their descriptions. Currently, I save the output of 'what *', and use that with a very simple shell script to re-build an old "version". I could, but don't, store the what lists in another s-file, such that each subsequent revision of the what list could be used to specify a new version of the rest of the files. I'd rather be able to specify arbitrary strings as version labels (ie: such as "Beta 1.0"). The man page vc(1) hints that vc can be used to make this a bit easier. BTW: I also use Eric Allman's SCCS to make life even simpler. As usuall, please reply by mail, I'll summarize for the net. -- Greg Woods. UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{ontmoh, ontmoh!ixpierre}!woods VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h] LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada