NAME
rcsfreeze - freeze a configuration of sources checked in
under RCS
SYNOPSIS
rcsfreeze [symbolic revision name]
DESCRIPTION
The rcsfreeze command has the purpose of assigning a
symbolic
revision number to a set of RCS files, which form a valid
configuration.
The idea is to run rcsfreeze
each time a new version is checked in.
A unique symbolic revision number (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.
If the command is invoked with
an argument, then this argument is
used as the symbolic name to freeze a 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 which is saved for future
references.
The shell script works only on
all RCS files at one time. It is
important that all changed files are checked in (there are
no
precautions against any error in this respect). Run
rcsclean(1)
first and see whether any sources remain in the current
directory.
FILES
[RCS/]rcsfreeze.version for the version number
[RCS/]rscfreeze.log for the log
messages, most recent log
message first.
AUTHOR
Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
SEE ALSO
rcs(1), rlog(1), rcsclean(1)
BUGS
The program does not check whether there are any sources
checked
out and modified.