rcsintro(1)                DG/UX 4.30                 rcsintro(1)



     NAME
          rcsintro - introduction to 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
          "check in", 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 "check
          out", retrieves revisions from an RCS file.

     SEE ALSO
          ci(1), co(1), ident(1), merge(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1),
          rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(4).
          Walter F. Tichy, ``An Introduction to the Revision Control
          System'', Programmer Supplementary Documents, Volume 1
          (PS1), #13































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