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sccsget(man)

NAME

       sccsget - SCCS check-out script

SYNOPSIS

       sccsget [options] [file-specifications]

DESCRIPTION

       Sccsget  is  a  simple  interface to sccs (source code control system),
       which is used to extract files from sccs archives.

       Sccsget checks out (extracts) files from an  sccs  archive  which  have
       been  checked  in  using  sccsput.   Sccsput checks in files, retaining
       their modification date as the check-in date.  Sccsget extracts a given
       version of one or more files, and sets their modification date to match
       the check-in date.

OPTIONS

       Sccsget is a directory-recursive  interface  to  the  getdelta  utility
       (which  invokes  sccs's  get)  which  does special things with the file
       modification date.  Most of its options are passed  to  get,  and  then
       interpreted to determine the correct modification date:

       -ccutoff
              specifies the sccs cutoff date, in the format

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

              Punctuation in the date is permitted.  For example,

                   -c 77/2/2 9:22:25
                   -c 770202092225

              represent the same date.

       -f     forces  sccsget to remove the current version of the file before
              extracting  the  specified  version.   Otherwise,  sccsget  will
              refuse to overwrite a file which already exists.

       -k     directs  get  to extract the specified file without substituting
              sccs identification keywords.  You should use this option if you
              intend to make updates to the file.

       -n     suppresses the get-operation.  Instead, sccsget echoes  an  "ok"
              message for files which would be extracted.

       -rSID  specifies the sccs identification string (SID) of the version of
              an sccs file to be retrieved.

       -s     suppresses most messages written by the get utility (i.e., those
              written to standard output).

OPERATIONS

       To  extract  files  using  sccsget, you must provide one or more names.
       They may be either file or directory names.

       Sccsget resolves names until it finds one of the form  "sccs/s.   file"
       before  invoking  get.   If  it  finds a directory (other than "SCCS"),
       sccsget will recur on itself to extract files at lower levels.

ENVIRONMENT

       Sccsget is a  Bourne  shell  script.   On  Apollo  DOMAIN/IX,  it  uses
       System 5 features, including getopt (1).  Environment variables used by
       sccsget include:

       SCCS_DIR
              specifies  the  directory  in  which getdelta will find the "s."
              files.  If not specified, getdelta assumes "SCCS".

FILES

       Sccsget uses the following files:

       sccsget
              the Bourne shell script

       getdelta
              a utility which  invokes  get,  and  then  modifies  the  file's
              modification   date   after   check-out   so   that  the  file's
              modification date matches the  version-date  selected  with  the
              "-c" or "-r" option.

ANTICIPATED CHANGES

       None.

AUTHORS

       Thomas Dickey (Software Productivity Consortium).