prs(1) prs(1)
NAME
prs - print an SCCS file
SYNOPSIS
prs [-d[dataspec]] [-r[SID]] [-e] [-l] [-c[date-time]] [-a] file . . .
DESCRIPTION
prs prints, on the standard output, parts or all of an SCCS
file [see sccsfile(4)] in a user-supplied format. If a
directory is named, prs prints the files in that directory,
except the non-SCCS files (last component of the path name
does not begin with s.) and unreadable files. 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 or
directory to be processed. prs silently ignores non-SCCS
files and unreadable files.
Arguments to prs, which may appear in any order, consist of
keyletter arguments and file names.
The keyletter arguments apply independently to each named
file:
-d[dataspec] Specifies the output data specification. The
dataspec is a string consisting of SCCS file
data keywords (see the ``Data Keywords''
section) interspersed with optional user-
supplied text.
-r[SID] Specifies the SCCS identification (SID) string
of a delta for which information is desired.
The default is the top delta.
-e Requests information for all deltas created
earlier than and including the delta designated
via the -r keyletter or the date given by the
-c option.
-l Requests information for all deltas created
later than and including the delta designated
via the -r keyletter or the date given by the
-c option.
-c[date-time] The cutoff date-time in the form:
YY[MM[DD[HH[MM[SS]]]]]
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Units omitted from the date-time default to
their maximum possible values; for example,
-c7502 is equivalent to -c750228235959. Any
number of non-numeric characters may separate
the fields of the cutoff date; for example, "-
c77/2/2 9:22:25".
-a Requests printing of information for both
removed, that is, delta type = R, [see
rmdel(1)] and existing, that is, delta type =
D, deltas. If the -a keyletter is not
specified, information for existing deltas only
is provided.
Data Keywords
Data keywords specify those parts of an SCCS file that are to
be retrieved and output. All parts of an SCCS file [see
sccsfile(4)] have an associated data keyword. There is no
limit on the number of times a data keyword may appear in a
dataspec.
The information printed by prs consists of: (1) the user-
supplied text; and (2) appropriate values (extracted from the
SCCS file) substituted for the recognized data keywords in the
order of appearance in the dataspec. The format of a data
keyword value is either ``Simple'' (S), in which keyword
substitution is direct, or ``Multi-line'' (M), in which
keyword substitution is followed by pressing RETURN.
User-supplied text is any text other than recognized data
keywords. A tab is specified by \t and RETURN/new-line is
specified by \n. The default data keywords are:
":Dt:\t:DL:\nMRs:\n:MR:COMMENTS:\n:C:"
Keyword Data Item File Section Value Format
_____________________________________________________________________
:Dt: Delta information Delta Table See below* S
:DL: Delta line statistics " :Li:/:Ld:/:Lu: S
:Li: Lines inserted by Delta " nnnnn S
:Ld: Lines deleted by Delta " nnnnn S
:Lu: Lines unchanged by " nnnnn S
Delta
:DT: Delta type " D or R S
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:I: SCCS ID string (SID) " :R:.:L:.:B:.:S: S
:R: Release number " nnnn S
:L: Level number " nnnn S
:B: Branch number " nnnn S
:S: Sequence number " nnnn S
:D: Date Delta created " :Dy:/:Dm:/:Dd: S
:Dy: Year Delta created " nn S
:Dm: Month Delta created " nn S
:Dd: Day Delta created " nn S
:T: Time Delta created " :Th:::Tm:::Ts: S
:Th: Hour Delta created " nn S
:Tm: Minutes Delta created " nn S
:Ts: Seconds Delta created " nn S
:P: Programmer who created " logname S
Delta
:DS: Delta sequence number " nnnn S
:DP: Predecessor Delta seq- " nnnn S
no.
:DI: Seq-no. of deltas " :Dn:/:Dx:/:Dg: S
incl., excl., ignored
:Dn: Deltas included (seq #) " :DS: :DS:... S
:Dx: Deltas excluded (seq #) " :DS: :DS:... S
:Dg: Deltas ignored (seq #) " :DS: :DS:... S
:MR: MR numbers for delta " text M
:C: Comments for delta " text M
:UN: User names User Names text M
:FL: Flag list Flags text M
Keyword Data Item File Section Value Format
_________________________________________________________________________
:Y: Module type flag " text S
:MF: MR validation flag " yes or no S
:MP: MR validation pgm name " text S
:KF: Keyword error/warning " yes or no S
flag
:KV: Keyword validation string " text S
:BF: Branch flag " yes or no S
:J: Joint edit flag " yes or no S
:LK: Locked releases " :R:... S
:Q: User-defined keyword " text S
:M: Module name " text S
:FB: Floor boundary " :R: S
:CB: Ceiling boundary " :R: S
:Ds: Default SID " :I: S
:ND: Null delta flag " yes or no S
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:FD: File descriptive text Comments text M
:BD: Body Body text M
:GB: Gotten body " text M
:W: A form of what(1) string N/A :Z::M:\t:I: S
:A: A form of what(1) string N/A :Z::Y: :M: :I::Z: S
:Z: what(1) string delimiter N/A @(#) S
:F: SCCS file name N/A text S
:PN: SCCS file path name N/A text S
* :Dt: = :DT: :I: :D: :T: :P: :DS: :DP:
EXAMPLES
The command
prs -d"Users and/or user IDs for :F: are:\n:UN:" s.file
may produce on the standard output:
Users and/or user IDs for s.file are:
xyz
131
abc
The command
prs -d"Newest delta for pgm :M:: :I: Created :D: By :P:" -r s.file
may produce on the standard output:
Newest delta for pgm main.c: 3.7 Created 77/12/1 By cas
The default case:
prs s.file
produces on the standard output:
D 1.1 77/12/1 00:00:00 cas 1 000000/00000/00000
MRs:
bl78-12345
bl79-54321
COMMENTS:
this is the comment line for s.file initial delta
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for each delta table entry of the ``D'' type. The only
keyletter argument allowed to be used with the ``special
case'' is the -a keyletter.
FILES
/var/tmp/pr?????
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxepu
language-specific message file [See LANG on environ
(5).]
REFERENCES
admin(1), delta(1), get(1), help(1), sccsfile(4)
DIAGNOSTICS
Use help(1) for explanations.
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