rmdel(1)                                                 rmdel(1)



     NAME
          rmdel - remove a delta from an SCCS file

     SYNOPSIS
          rmdel -rSID files

     DESCRIPTION
          rmdel removes the delta specified by the SCCS Identification
          string (SID) from each named SCCS file.  The delta to be
          removed must be the newest (most recent) delta in its branch
          in the delta chain of each named SCCS file.  In addition,
          the SID specified must not be that of a version being edited
          for the purpose of making a delta (i.e., if a p-file (see
          get(1)) exists for the named SCCS file, the SID specified
          must not appear in any entry of the p-file).

          If a directory is named, rmdel behaves as though each file
          in the directory were specified as a named file, except that
          non-SCCS files (last component of the pathname does not
          begin with s.) and unreadable files are silently ignored.
          If a name of - is given, the standard input is read; each
          line of the standard input is taken to be the name of an
          SCCS file to be processed; non-SCCS files and unreadable
          files are silently ignored.

          The exact permissions necessary to remove a delta are
          documented in the ``SCCS Reference'' in Oreo Programming
          Languages and Tools, Volume 2.  Simply stated, they are
          either: (1) if you make a delta you may remove it; or (2) if
          you own the file and directory, you may remove a delta.

     EXAMPLE
               rmdel -r1.2 s.test1.c

          would remove the latest delta version (i.e., 1.2) for
          s.test1.c.

     FILES
          /usr/bin/rmdel
          x.file   (see delta(1))
          z.file   (see delta(1))

     SEE ALSO
          delta(1), get(1), help(1), prs(1), sccsfile(4).
          ``SCCS Reference'' in Oreo Programming Languages and Tools,
          Volume 2.

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Use help(1) for explanations.






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