5 .Id $Id: rcsfreeze.1,v 4.4 1990/11/13 15:43:42 hammer Exp $
7 .TH RCSFREEZE 1 \*(Dt GNU
9 rcsfreeze \- freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
15 assigns a symbolic revision
16 number to a set of \*r files that form a valid configuration.
20 each time a new version is checked
21 in. A unique symbolic name (\c
25 is increased each time
27 is run) is then assigned to the most
28 recent revision of each \*r file of the main trunk.
34 gives a symbolic name to the configuration.
35 The unique identifier is still generated
36 and is listed in the log file but it will not appear as
37 part of the symbolic revision name in the actual \*r files.
39 A log message is requested from the user for future reference.
41 The shell script works only on all \*r files at one time.
42 All changed files must be checked in already.
45 first and see whether any sources remain in the current directory.
52 log messages, most recent first
54 Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
56 co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1)
59 does not check whether any sources are checked out and modified.
61 Although both source file names and RCS file names are accepted,
62 they are not paired as usual with RCS commands.
64 Error checking is rudimentary.
67 is just an optional example shell script, and should not be taken too seriously.
68 See \s-1CVS\s0 for a more complete solution.