rmdel(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   rmdel(1)



NAME
     rmdel - remove a delta from an SCCS file

SYNOPSIS
     rmdel -rSID files

DESCRIPTION
     rmdel removes the delta specified by the SID (SCCS identifi-
     cation  string)  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; that is, if a p-
     file exists for the named SCCS file [see get(1)], the  delta
     specified must not appear in any entry of the p-file.

     The -r option specifies the SID 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.

     The rules governing the removal of a delta are  as  follows:
     if  you  make a delta and have appropriate file permissions,
     you can remove it; if you own  the  file  and  directory  in
     which a new delta file resides, you can remove the delta.

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

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

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use help(1) for explanations.













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