rmdel(CP)                      6 January 1993                      rmdel(CP)


 Name

    rmdel - remove a delta from an SCCS file

 Syntax

    rmdel -rSID files
    rmdel -

 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 addi-
    tion, the delta specified must not be that of a version being edited for
    the purpose of making a delta (that is, if a p-file (see get(CP)) 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 identification) level
    of the delta to be removed.

    If a directory is named, rmdel behaves as though each file in the direc-
    tory were specified as a named file, except that non-SCCS files and
    unreadable files are silently ignored.  If a name of ``-'' is given,
    standard input is read; each line of the standard input is taken to be
    the name of an SCCS file to be processed.

    Simply stated, if you make a delta then you can remove it, or if you own
    the file and directory then you can remove a delta.

 Files


    x.file    (see delta(CP))

    z.file    (see delta(CP))

 See also

    delta(CP), get(CP), prs(CP), sccsfile(FP)

 Standards conformance

    rmdel is conformant with:
    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    and X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.