RMDEL(1)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             RMDEL(1)



          NAME
               rmdel - remove a delta from an SCCS file

          SYNOPSIS
               rmdel -rSID files

          DESCRIPTION
               The rmdel command removes the delta specified by the 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 delta
               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 delta specified must not
               appear in any entry of the p-file).

               The -r option is used for specifying the SID (SCCS IDentifi-
               cation) level of the delta to be removed.

               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 path name 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.

               Simply stated, the rules are:

               (1)
                 if you make a delta, you can remove it.

               or

               (2)
                 if you own the file and directory, you can remove a delta.

          FILES
               x.file    [see delta(1)]
               z.file    [see delta(1)]

          SEE ALSO
               delta(1), get(1), prs(1), sccsfile(4).











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