RCSCLEAN(1L)                                         RCSCLEAN(1L)


NAME
       rcsclean - clean up working files

SYNOPSIS
       rcsclean [ -rrev ] [ -qrev ] file...

DESCRIPTION
       Rcsclean  removes  working files that were checked out and
       never modified.  For each file  given,  rcsclean  compares
       the  working  file and a revision in the corresponding RCS
       file. If it finds no difference, it  removes  the  working
       file,  and,  if  the  revision  was  locked by the caller,
       unlocks the revision.

       A file name ending in ',v' is an RCS file name,  otherwise
       a  working  file  name.  Rcsclean derives the working file
       name from the RCS file name and vice versa,  as  explained
       in  co(1L).  Pairs consisting of both an RCS and a working
       file name may also be specified.

       Rev specifies with which  revision  the  working  file  is
       compared.   If  rev  is  omitted,  rcsclean  compares  the
       working file with  the  latest  revision  on  the  default
       branch  (normally  the  highest branch on the trunk).  The
       option -q suppresses diagnostics.

       Rcsclean is useful for "clean" targets in Makefiles.  Note
       that rcsdiff(1L) prints out the differences.  Also, ci(1L)
       normally asks whether to check in a file  if  it  was  not
       changed.

EXAMPLES
       The command

            rcsclean *.c *.h

       removes all working files ending in ".c" or ".h" that were
       not changed since their checkout.

DIAGNOSTICS
       The exit status is 0 if there were no  differences  during
       the  last  comparison  or if the last working file did not
       exist, 1 if there were differences, and 2  if  there  were
       errors.

IDENTIFICATION
       Author:   Walter   F.   Tichy,   Purdue  University,  West
       Lafayette, IN, 47907.
       Revision Number: 1.2 ; Release Date: 89/05/02 .
       Copyright (C) 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO
       co(1L),   ci(1L),   ident(1L),    rcs(1L),    rcsdiff(1L),
       rcsintro(1L), rcsmerge(1L), rlog(1L), rcsfile(5L).



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