RCSBREAK — User Commands

NAME

rcsbreak − Break locks owned by other people on RCS files

SYNOPSIS

rcsbreak file file ...

DESCRIPTION

rcsbreak is used to break RCS locks owned by others. For each file specified on the command line, the file will be changed to have been checked out by the person invoking rcsbreak. The file itself is not modified, so it will continue to be owned by the original holder of the lock. A typical use of rcsbreak is to obtain the lock in order to check a file in on behalf of another user, leaving the file writable:

rcsbreak file
ci -l file

The rcsdiff program may be used to determine the changes already made to the file, for the purpose of logging the change. Alternatively, the co program may be used to check out the previous version of the file, discarding any changes made by the former holder of the lock.

rcsbreak sends mail to the former owner of each lock it breaks, informing the owner that the lock has been broken.

BUGS

The mail, generated by rcs, does not specify the reason why the lock is broken.

KEYWORDS

RCS, lock, break