WHAT(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 WHAT(1)



      NAME
           what - identify SCCS files

      SYNOPSIS
           what [-f] files

      DESCRIPTION
           What searches the given files for all  occurrences  of  the  pattern
           that  get(1) substitutes for %Z% (this is @(#) at this printing) and
           prints out what follows until the first ", >, new-line, \,  or  null
           character.   If  the -f option is given, only the first such pattern
           is printed for each file.  Otherwise, all such patterns  are  found.
           For example, if the C program in file f.c contains

                char ident[] = "@(#)identification information";

           and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then the command

                what f.c f.o a.out

           will print

                f.c:
                        identification information

                f.o:
                        identification information

                a.out:
                        identification information

           What is intended to be used in conjunction  with  the  SCCS  command
           get(1),  which automatically inserts identifying information, but it
           can also be used where the information is inserted manually.

      SEE ALSO
           get(1), sccs(1), sccshelp(1).

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Use sccshelp(1) for explanations.

      BUGS
           It's possible that an unintended  occurrence  of  the  pattern  @(#)
           could be found just by chance, but this causes no harm in nearly all
           cases.










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