rmdel(1)                                                 rmdel(1)



     NAME
          rmdel - remove a delta from an SCCS file

     SYNOPSIS
          rmdel -r SID file ...

     DESCRIPTION
          rmdel removes the delta specified by the SCCS Identification
          string (SID) from each named SCCS file.  The delta to be re-
          moved 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 be-
          gin 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 docu-
          mented in the ``SCCS Reference'' in A/UX Programming
          Languages and Tools, Volume 2.  Simply stated, they are ei-
          ther:  (1) if you make a delta you may remove it; or (2) if
          you own the file and directory, you may remove a delta.

     EXAMPLES
               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
          z.file

     SEE ALSO
          admin(1), cdc(1), comb(1), delta(1), get(1), help(1),
          prs(1), remdel(1), sact(1), sccsdiff(1), unget(1), val(1),
          what(1), sccsfile(4).
          ``SCCS Reference'' in A/UX Programming Languages and Tools,
          Volume 2.

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Use help(1) for explanations.




     April, 1990                                                     1