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GET(1SCCS)              COMMAND REFERENCE              GET(1SCCS)



NAME
     get - get a version of an SCCS file

SYNOPSIS
     get [-rSID] [-ccutoff] [-ilist] [-xlist] [-aseq-no.]

DESCRIPTION
     Get generates an ASCII text file from each named SCCS file
     according to the specifications given by its keyletter
     arguments, which begin with -.  The arguments may be
     specified in any order, but all keyletter arguments apply to
     all named SCCS files.  If a directory is named, get behaves
     as though each file in the directory were specified as a
     named file.  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.

     The generated text is normally written into a file called
     the g-file whose name is derived from the SCCS file name by
     simply removing the leading s.; (see also FILES, below).

     For each file processed, get responds (on the standard
     output) with the SID being accessed and with the number of
     lines retrieved from the SCCS file.

     If the -e keyletter is used, the SID of the delta to be made
     appears after the SID accessed and before the number of
     lines generated.  If there is more than one named file or if
     a directory or standard input is named, each file name is
     printed (preceded by a new-line) before it is processed.  If
     the -i keyletter is used included deltas are listed
     following the notation ``Included''; if the -x keyletter is
     used, excluded deltas are listed following the notation
     ``Excluded''.

center expand ; c s s s s c1 c1 c1 c1 c0 c c c c c l c l l l .
TABLE 1. Determination of SCCS Identification String
= SID* -b Keyletter   Other     SID  SID of Delta
Specified Used†     Conditions     Retrieved to be Created
= none‡     no   R defaults to mR    mR.mL     mR.(mL+1) _
none‡     yes  R defaults to mR    mR.mL     mR.mL.(mB+1).1
= R    no   R > mR    mR.mL     R.1*** _ R    no   R =
mR    mR.mL     mR.(mL+1) _ R    yes  R >
mR    mR.mL     mR.mL.(mB+1).1 _ R    yes  R =
mR    mR.mL     mR.mL.(mB+1).1 _ R    -    R < mR
and     hR.mL**   hR.mL.(mB+1).1           R does not
exist          _ R    -    Trunk succ.#   R.mL R.mL.(mB+1).1
          in release > R                 and R exists
= R.L  no   No trunk succ. R.L  R.(L+1) _ R.L  yes  No trunk
succ. R.L  R.L.(mB+1).1 _ R.L  -    Trunk
succ.    R.L  R.L.(mB+1).1           in release > R
= R.L.B     no   No branch succ.     R.L.B.mS  R.L.B.(mS+1) _



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R.L.B     yes  No branch succ.   R.L.B.mS  R.L.(mB+1).1
= R.L.B.S   no   No branch succ.     R.L.B.S   R.L.B.(S+1) _
R.L.B.S   yes  No branch succ.     R.L.B.S   R.L.(mB+1).1 _
R.L.B.S   -    Branch succ.   R.L.B.S   R.L.(mB+1).1
=

     *  ``R'', ``L'', ``B'', and ``S'' are the ``release'',
        ``level'', ``branch'', and ``sequence'' components of the
        SID, respectively; ``m'' means ``maximum''.  Thus, for
        example, ``R.mL'' means ``the maximum level number within
        release R''; ``R.L.(mB+1).1'' means ``the first sequence
        number on the new branch (i.e., maximum branch number
        plus one) of level L within release R''.  Note that if
        the SID specified is of the form ``R.L'', ``R.L.B'', or
        ``R.L.B.S'', each of the specified components must exist.

     ** ``hR'' is the highest existing release that is lower than
        the specified, nonexistent, release R.

     ***
        This is used to force creation of the first delta in a
        new release.

     #  Successor.

     †  The -b keyletter is effective only if the b flag (see
        admin(1sccs)) is present in the file.  An entry of -
        means ``irrelevant''.

     ‡  This case applies if the d (default SID) flag is not
        present in the file.  If the d flag is present in the
        file, then the SID obtained from the d flag is
        interpreted as if it had been specified on the command
        line.  Thus, one of the other cases in this table
        applies.

     Identifying information is inserted into the text retrieved
     from the SCCS file by replacing identification keywords with
     their value wherever they occur.  The following keywords may
     be used in the text stored in an SCCS file:

     Keyword
            Value

     %M%    Module name: either the value of the m flag in the
            file (see admin(1sccs)), or if absent, the name of
            the SCCS file with the leading s. removed.

     %I%    SCCS identification (SID) (%R%.%L%.%B%.%S%) of the
            retrieved text.

     %R%    Release.



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     %L%    Level.

     %B%    Branch.

     %S%    Sequence.

     %D%    Current date (YY/MM/DD).

     %H%    Current date (MM/DD/YY).

     %T%    Current time (HH:MM:SS).

     %E%    Date newest applied delta was created (YY/MM/DD).

     %G%    Date newest applied delta was created (MM/DD/YY).

     %U%    Time newest applied delta was created (HH:MM:SS).

     %Y%    Module type: value of the t flag in the SCCS file
            (see admin(1sccs)).

     %F%    SCCS file name.

     %P%    Fully qualified SCCS file name.

     %Q%    The value of the q flag in the file (see
            admin(1sccs)).

     %C%    Current line number.  This keyword is intended for
            identifying messages output by the program such as
            ``this shouldn't have happened'' type errors.  It is
            not intended to be used on every line to provide
            sequence numbers.

     %Z%    The 4-character string @(#) recognizable by
            what(1sccs).

     %W%    A shorthand notation for constructing what(1sccs)
            strings for UTek program files.
            %W%~=~%Z%%M%<horizontal-tab>%I%

     %A%    Another shorthand notation for constructing
            what(1sccs) strings for non-UTek program files.
            %A%~=~%Z%%Y%~%M%~%I%%Z%

OPTIONS
     Each of the keyletter arguments is explained below as though
     only one SCCS file is to be processed, but the effects of
     any keyletter argument applies independently to each named
     file.

     -rSID



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        The SCCS IDentification string (SID) of the version
        (delta) of an SCCS file to be retrieved.  Table~1 below
        shows, for the most useful cases, what version of an SCCS
        file is retrieved (as well as the SID of the version to
        be eventually created by delta(1sccs) if the -e keyletter
        is also used), as a function of the SID specified.

     -ccutoff
        Cutoff date-time, in the form:

          YY[MM[DD[HH[MM[SS]]]]]

        No changes (deltas) to the SCCS file which were created
        after the specified cutoff date-time are included in the
        generated ASCII text file.  Units omitted from the date-
        time default to their maximum possible values; that is,
        -c7502 is equivalent to -c750228235959.  Any number of
        non-numeric characters may separate the various 2 digit
        pieces of the cutoff date-time.  This feature allows one
        to specify a cutoff date in the form: "-c77/2/2 9:22:25".

     -e Indicates that the get is for the purpose of editing or
        making a change (delta) to the SCCS file via a subsequent
        use of delta(1sccs).  The -e keyletter used in a get for
        a particular version (SID) of the SCCS file prevents
        further gets for editing on the same SID until delta is
        executed or the j (joint edit) flag is set in the SCCS
        file (see admin(1sccs)).  Concurrent use of get -e for
        different SIDs is always allowed.

        If the g-file generated by get with an -e keyletter is
        accidentally ruined in the process of editing it, it may
        be regenerated by re-executing the get command with the
        -k keyletter in place of the -e keyletter.

        SCCS file protection specified via the ceiling, floor,
        and authorized user list stored in the SCCS file (see
        admin(1sccs)) are enforced when the -e keyletter is used.

     -b Used with the -e keyletter to indicate that the new delta
        should have an SID in a new branch as shown in Table~1.
        This keyletter is ignored if the b flag is not present in
        the file (see admin(1sccs)) or if the retrieved delta is
        not a leaf delta.  (A leaf delta is one that has no
        successors on the SCCS file tree.)

        Note: A branch delta may always be created from a non-
        leaf delta.

     -ilist
        A list of deltas to be included (forced to be applied) in
        the creation of the generated file.  The list has the



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        following syntax:

          <list> ::= <range> | <list> , <range>
          <range> ::= SID |  -

        SID, the SCCS Identification of a delta, may be in any
        form shown in the ``SID Specified'' column of Table~1.
        Partial SIDs are interpreted as shown in the ``
        Retrieved'' column of Table~1.

     -xlist
        A list of deltas to be excluded (forced not to be
        applied) in the creation of the generated file.  See the
        -i keyletter for the list format.

     -k Suppresses replacement of identification keywords (see
        below) in the retrieved text by their value.  The -k
        keyletter is implied by the -e keyletter.

     -l[p]
        Causes a delta summary to be written into an l-file.  If
        -lp is used then an l-file is not created; the delta
        summary is written on the standard output instead.  See
        FILES for the format of the l-file.

     -p Causes the text retrieved from the SCCS file to be
        written on the standard output.  No g-file is created.
        All output which normally goes to the standard output
        goes to file descriptor 2 instead, unless the -s
        keyletter is used, in which case it disappears.

     -s Suppresses all output normally written on the standard
        output.  However, fatal error messages (which always go
        to file descriptor 2) remain unaffected.

     -m Causes each text line retrieved from the SCCS file to be
        preceded by the SID of the delta that inserted the text
        line in the SCCS file.  The format is: SID, followed by a
        horizontal tab, followed by the text line.

     -n Causes each generated text line to be preceded with the
        %M% identification keyword value (see below).  The format
        is: %M% value, followed by a horizontal tab, followed by
        the text line.  When both the -m and -n keyletters are
        used, the format is: %M% value, followed by a horizontal
        tab, followed by the -m keyletter generated format.

     -g Suppresses the actual retrieval of text from the SCCS
        file.  It is primarily used to generate an l-file, or to
        verify the existence of a particular SID.

     -t Used to access the most recently created (``top'') delta



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        in a given release (e.g., -r1), or release and level
        (e.g., -r1.2).

     -aseq-no.
        The delta sequence number of the SCCS file delta
        (version) to be retrieved (see sccsfile (5sccs)). This
        keyletter is used by the comb(1sccs) command; it is not a
        generally useful keyletter, and users should not use it.
        If both the -r and -a keyletters are specified, the -a
        keyletter is used.  Care should be taken when using the
        -a keyletter in conjunction with the -e keyletter, as the
        SID of the delta to be created may not be what one
        expects.  The -r keyletter can be used with the -a and -e
        keyletters to control the naming of the SID of the delta
        to be created.

FILES
     Several auxiliary files may be created by get, These files
     are known generically as the g-file, l-file, p-file, and z-
     file.  The letter before the hyphen is called the tag.  An
     auxiliary file name is formed from the SCCS file name: the
     last component of all SCCS file names must be of the form
     s.module-name, the auxiliary files are named by replacing
     the leading s with the tag.  The g-file is an exception to
     this scheme: the g-file is named by removing the s. prefix.
     For example, s.xyz.c, the auxiliary file names would be
     xyz.c, l.xyz.c, p.xyz.c, and z.xyz.c, respectively.

     The g-file, which contains the generated text, is created in
     the current directory (unless the -p keyletter is used).  A
     g-file is created in all cases, whether or not any lines of
     text were generated by the get.  It is owned by the real
     user.  If the -k keyletter is used or implied its mode is
     644; otherwise its mode is 444.  Only the real user need
     have write permission in the current directory.

     The l-file contains a table showing which deltas were
     applied in generating the retrieved text.  The l-file is
     created in the current directory if the -l keyletter is
     used; its mode is 444 and it is owned by the real user.
     Only the real user need have write permission in the current
     directory.

     Lines in the l-file have the following format:

          a. A blank character if the delta was applied;
             * otherwise.

          b. A blank character if the delta was applied or wasn't
             applied and ignored;
             * if the delta wasn't applied and wasn't ignored.




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          c. A code indicating a ``special'' reason why the delta
             was or was not applied:
             ``I'': Included.
             ``X'': Excluded.
             ``C'': Cut off (by a -c keyletter).

          d. Blank.

          e. SCCS identification (SID).

          f. Tab character.

          g. Date and time (in the form YY/MM/DD~HH:MM:SS) of
             creation.

          h. Blank.

          i. Login name of person who created delta.

     The comments and MR data follow on subsequent lines,
     indented one horizontal tab character.  A blank line
     terminates each entry.

     The p-file is used to pass information resulting from a get
     with an -e keyletter along to delta.  Its contents are also
     used to prevent a subsequent execution of get with an -e
     keyletter for the same SID until delta is executed or the
     joint edit flag, j, (see admin(1sccs)) is set in the SCCS
     file.  The p-file is created in the directory containing the
     SCCS file and the effective user must have write permission
     in that directory.  Its mode is 644 and it is owned by the
     effective user.  The format of the p-file is: the gotten
     SID, followed by a blank, followed by the SID that the new
     delta will have when it is made, followed by a blank,
     followed by the login name of the real user, followed by a
     blank, followed by the date-time the get was executed,
     followed by a blank and the -i keyletter argument if it was
     present, followed by a blank and the -x keyletter argument
     if it was present, followed by a new-line.  There can be an
     arbitrary number of lines in the p-file at any time; no two
     lines can have the same new delta SID.

     The z-file serves as a lock-out mechanism against
     simultaneous updates.  Its contents are the binary (2 bytes)
     process ID of the command (i.e., get) that created it.  The
     z-file is created in the directory containing the SCCS file
     for the duration of get.  The same protection restrictions
     as those for the p-file apply for the z-file.  The z-file is
     created mode 444.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use sccshelp(1sccs) for explanations.



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CAVEATS
     If the effective user has write permission (either
     explicitly or implicitly) in the directory containing the
     SCCS files, but the real user doesn't, then only one file
     may be named when the -e keyletter is used.

SEE ALSO
     admin(1sccs), delta(1sccs), sccshelp(1sccs), prs(1sccs),
     what(1sccs), and sccsfile(5sccs).














































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