IDENT(1-SVR4)       RISC/os Reference Manual        IDENT(1-SVR4)



NAME
     ident - identify files

SYNOPSIS
     ident file ...

DESCRIPTION
     ident searches the named files for all occurrences of the
     pattern $keyword:...$, where keyword is one of

             Author
             Date
             Header
             Locker
             Log
             Revision
             Source
             State

     These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the
     RCS command co(1), but can also be inserted manually.

     ident works on text files as well as object files.  For
     example, if the C program in file f.c contains

             char rcsid[] = "$Header:  Header information $";

     and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command

             ident  f.c  f.o

     will print

             f.c:
                     $Header:  Header information $
             f.o:
                     $Header:  Header information $


IDENTIFICATION
     Author: Walter F. Tichy, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
     IN, 47907.  Copyright c 1982 by Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO
     ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1),
     rlog(1).
     rcsfile(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
     Chapter 8, RCS (Revision Control System), in the
     Programmer's Guide.






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