CI(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual CI(1)NAMEci - check in RCS revisions
SYNOPSISci [-qV] [-d[date]] [-f[rev]] [-I[rev]] [-i[rev]] [-j[rev]] [-k[rev]]
[-l[rev]] [-M[rev]] [-mmsg] [-Nsymbol] [-nsymbol] [-r[rev]] [-sstate]
[-tstr] [-u[rev]] [-wusername] [-xsuffixes] [-ztz] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The ci program is used to check in new revisions to RCS files.
When a file is checked in, it is stored in the RCS directory with a
specific revision number, and the original file itself is deleted. The
RCS file is stored with the same name, but with `,v' appended. ci will
prompt for a check-in message, to be stored with the file, which can be
displayed using rlog(1).
Revision numbering starts at 1.1 and increases logically. Numbering can
be altered using the -k option, however. The `,v' suffix can also be
altered, using the -x option.
ci also supports keyword substitution - see the rcs(1) man page for more
information.
The following options are supported:
-d[date]
Uses date for check-in date and time. If date is not specified,
use the working file's last modification time.
-f[rev]
Force check-in - even if no changes have been made to the working
file.
-I[rev]
Interactive mode.
-i[rev]
Only do initial check-in. Print error and refuse to do check-in
if the RCS file already exists.
-j[rev]
Only do update check-in. Print error and refuse to do check-in
if the RCS file does not already exist.
-k[rev]
Search the working file for keywords and set the revision number,
creation date, state and author to the values found in these
keywords instead of computing them.
-l[rev]
The same as -r, but also immediately checks out the deposited
revision and locks it. This is useful if you wish to continue to
edit the working file after check-in.
-M[rev]
Set the modification time of the file to the date of the
retrieved revision.
-mmsg Specify a log message. A line beginning with a hash character
(`#') is considered a comment and ignored.
-Nsymbol
Assign the symbolic name symbol to the checked in revision,
overwriting any previous assignment of symbol.
-nsymbol
The same as -N except it does not overwrite previous symbols.
-q Be quiet about reporting.
-r[rev]
Check in revision rev. However, if rev is not specified the
meaning is completely different - override any -l or -u options,
ensuring the default behaviour of releasing a lock and removing
the working file.
-sstate
Sets the state of the deposited revision to the identifier state.
The specified value may not contain a space character.
-tstr Change the descriptive text. The argument str is interpreted as
the name of a file containing the descriptive text or, if
prefixed with a `-', the actual descriptive text itself. If no
argument is given, this option is ignored (for compatibility
reasons).
-u[rev]
The same as -r, but also immediately checks out the deposited
revision read-only. Useful if you wish to read the working file
after check-in.
-V Print RCS's version number.
-wusername
Uses username as the author field of the deposited revision.
-xsuffixes
Specifies the suffixes for RCS files. Suffixes should be
separated by the `/' character.
-ztz Specify the date output format in keyword substitution, and the
default time zone for date used in the -d option.
ENVIRONMENT
RCSINIT If set, this variable should contain a list of space-delimited
options that are prepended to the argument list.
TMPDIR When set, this variable specifies the directory where temporary
files are to be created. The default is set to /tmp.
EXIT STATUS
The ci utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSOco(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1)OpenBSD 4.9 September 3, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9
