rcsintro(1)                                           rcsintro(1)



NAME
     rcsintro - introduces RCS commands

DESCRIPTION
     The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions
     of  text  files.   RCS  automates  the  storing,  retrieval,
     logging, identification, and merging of revisions.   RCS  is
     useful  for  text  that  is  revised frequently, for example
     programs, documentation,  graphics,  papers,  form  letters,
     etc.

     The basic user interface is extremely  simple.   The  novice
     only needs to learn two commands:  ci and co.  ci (short for
     ``checkin'') deposits the contents of a text  file  into  an
     archival  file called an RCS file.  An RCS file contains all
     revisions  of  a  particular  text  file.   co  (short   for
     ``checkout'') retrieves revisions from an RCS file.

NOTES
     Author: Walter F. Tichy, Purdue University, West  Lafayette,
     IN 47907.
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     Copyright   1982 by Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO
     ci(1), co(1), ident(1), merge(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1),
     rcsmerge(1), rlog(1)

     rcsfile(4) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

     Walter F. Tichy, ``An Introduction to the Revision Control
     System'', Programmer Supplementary Documents, Volume 1
     (PS1), #13























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