rob@lighthouse.com (11/14/90)
As others have said, if you are experiencing problems using RCS with long file names, then you have a *very* old version of RCS. The latest release of RCS is version 4.3 and it can be obtained via anonymous ftp from: arthur.cs.purdue.edu (128.10.2.1) pub/RCS/rcs.tar pub/RCS/rcs.tar.Z After you obtain the distribution from Purdue, you should be able to build the software by adding the "-bsd" switch to the CFLAGS macro in the Makefile. NeXTstep 2.0 and RCS ==================== The 2.0 operating system ships with RCS Version 4.3 commands in /usr/bin. The Future of RCS ================= A new version of RCS, Version 5.5, is currently in beta testing and should be released *very soon*. In addition to the RCS commands a new version of GNU diff is provided in the distribution which is necessary to diff binaries. One of the huge advantages of Version 5.5 is that RCS will handle binary files. Being able to use RCS on binary files means that it will now be possible to provide version control on "tiff", "snd", "proj", and most importantly "nib" files. Rob Kedoin rob@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design, Ltd 6516 Western Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815