RCSFREEZE(1)                    GNU(1992/04/10)                    RCSFREEZE(1)


NAME
      rcsfreeze - freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS

SYNOPSIS
      rcsfreeze [name]

DESCRIPTION
      rcsfreeze assigns a symbolic revision number to a set of RCS files that
      form a valid configuration.

      The idea is to run rcsfreeze each time a new version is checked in.  A
      unique symbolic name (Cnumber, where number is increased each time
      rcsfreeze is run) is then assigned to the most recent revision of each
      RCS file of the main trunk.

      An optional name argument to rcsfreeze gives a symbolic name to the
      configuration.  The unique identifier is still generated and is listed in
      the log file but it will not appear as part of the symbolic revision name
      in the actual RCS files.

      A log message is requested from the user for future reference.

      The shell script works only on all RCS files at one time.  All changed
      files must be checked in already.  Run rcsclean(1) first and see whether
      any sources remain in the current directory.

FILES
      RCS/.rcsfreeze.ver
            version number

      RCS/.rcsfreeze.log
            log messages, most recent first

AUTHOR
      Stephan v. Bechtolsheim

SEE ALSO
      co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1)

BUGS
      rcsfreeze does not check whether any sources are checked out and
      modified.

      Although both source file names and RCS file names are accepted, they are
      not paired as usual with RCS commands.

      Error checking is rudimentary.

      rcsfreeze is just an optional example shell script, and should not be
      taken too seriously.  See CVS for a more complete solution.




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