5 .Id $FreeBSD: src/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/rcsfreeze/rcsfreeze.1,v 1.5 1999/08/27 23:36:57 peter Exp $
6 .Id $DragonFly: src/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/rcsfreeze/rcsfreeze.1,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:25:48 dillon Exp $
8 .TH RCSFREEZE 1 \*(Dt GNU
10 rcsfreeze \- freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
16 assigns a symbolic revision
17 number to a set of \*r files that form a valid configuration.
21 each time a new version is checked
22 in. A unique symbolic name (\c
26 is increased each time
28 is run) is then assigned to the most
29 recent revision of each \*r file of the main trunk.
35 gives a symbolic name to the configuration.
36 The unique identifier is still generated
37 and is listed in the log file but it will not appear as
38 part of the symbolic revision name in the actual \*r files.
40 A log message is requested from the user for future reference.
42 The shell script works only on all \*r files at one time.
43 All changed files must be checked in already.
46 first and see whether any sources remain in the current directory.
53 log messages, most recent first
55 Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
57 co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1)
60 does not check whether any sources are checked out and modified.
62 Although both source file names and RCS file names are accepted,
63 they are not paired as usual with RCS commands.
65 Error checking is rudimentary.
68 is just an optional example shell script, and should not be taken too seriously.
69 See \s-1CVS\s0 for a more complete solution.