sccsfile man page on HP-UX

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   10987 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
HP-UX logo
[printable version]

sccsfile(4)							   sccsfile(4)

NAME
       sccsfile - format of SCCS file

DESCRIPTION
       An SCCS file is an ASCII file consisting of six logical parts:

	      checksum	     Sum  of  all  characters  in  the file except the
			     first line.
	      delta table    Contains information about each delta.
	      user names     Login names and/or numerical group IDs  of	 users
			     who are allowed to add deltas.
	      flags	     Definitions of internal keywords.	comments Arbi‐
			     trary descriptive information about the file.
	      body	     Actual text lines intermixed with control lines.

       Throughout an SCCS file there are lines beginning with  the  ASCII  SOH
       (start  of heading) character (octal 001).  This character is hereafter
       referred to as the and is represented graphically as Any line described
       below  that  is not depicted as beginning with the control character is
       prevented from beginning with the control character.  All lines in  the
       SCCS file are limited to (defined in characters in length.

       Entries	of  the	 form  DDDDD  represent	 a five-digit string (a number
       between 00000 and 99999).

       The following describes each logical part of an SCCS file detail:
	      Checksum The checksum is the first line of an  SCCS  file.   The
	      form of the line is:

	      The  value  of  the checksum is the sum of all characters except
	      those in the first line.	The sequence provides a consisting  of
	      the two bytes 0x01 and 0x68.  (Other versions of UNIX-like oper‐
	      ating systems usually use this same value but  it	 may  be  dis‐
	      played  or  documented  as a single number with a different byte
	      order.)

       Delta table
	      The delta table consists of a variable number of entries of  the
	      form:

	  .
	  .
	  .
	  .
	  .
	  .

	      The    first    line    contains	  the	 number	   of	 lines
	      inserted/deleted/unchanged, respectively.	 The second line  con‐
	      tains the type of the delta (currently, normal: and removed: the
	      SID (SCCS ID) of the delta, the date and time when the delta was
	      created, the login name corresponding to the real user ID at the
	      time the delta was created, and the serial numbers of the	 delta
	      and its predecessor, respectively.

	      The  and	lines  contain	the serial numbers of deltas included,
	      excluded, and ignored, respectively.  These lines are optional.

	      The lines (optional) each contain one MR (modification  request)
	      number  associated  with	the  delta; the lines contain comments
	      associated with the delta.

	      The line ends the delta table entry.

       User names
	      The list of login names and/or numerical group IDs of users  who
	      are  allowed  to add deltas to the file, separated by new-lines.
	      The lines containing these login names  and/or  numerical	 group
	      IDs  are	surrounded  by	the bracketing lines and An empty list
	      allows anyone to make a delta.  Any line starting	 with  a  pro‐
	      hibits the specified group or user from making deltas.

       Flags  Keywords	used  internally (see admin(1) for more information on
	      their use).  Each flag line takes the form:

	      The following flags are defined:

	      The above flags function as follows:

       Defines the replacement for the
	    identification keyword.

       Controls prompting for
	    MR numbers in addition to  comments.   If  the  optional  text  is
	    present, it defines an MR number-validity checking program.

       Controls the warning/error aspect of the ``No id keywords'' message.
	    When  the flag is not present, the message is only a warning; when
	    the flag is present, this message causes a fatal error (a  get  on
	    the file fails, or the delta is not made).

       When the
	    flag  is  present, the keyletter can be used on the get command to
	    cause a branch in the delta tree.

       Defines the first choice for the replacement text of the
	    identification keyword.

       Defines the ``floor'' release;
	    the release below which no deltas can be added.

       Defines the ``ceiling'' release;
	    the release above which no deltas can be added.

       Defines the default
	    SID to be used when none is specified on a get command.

       Causes
	    delta to insert a ``null'' delta (a delta that applies no changes)
	    in	those  releases that are skipped when a delta is made in a new
	    release (such as, when delta 5.1 is made after delta 2.7, releases
	    3  and  4  are  skipped).	The absence of the flag causes skipped
	    releases to be completely empty.

       Causes
	    get to allow concurrent edits of the same base SID.	 See  admin(1)
	    for restrictions.

       Defines a
	    list  of releases that are locked against editing (get(1) with the
	    keyletter).

       Defines the replacement for the
	    identification keyword.

       Used in certain specialized interface programs.

       Comments
	      Arbitrary text is surrounded by the  bracketing  lines  and  The
	      comments	section typically contains a description of the file's
	      purpose.

       Body   Consists of text lines and control lines.	  Text	lines  do  not
	      begin  with  the control character; control lines do.  There are
	      three kinds of control lines:

       insert
       delete
       end

	      The digit string is the serial  number  corresponding  to
	      the delta for the control line.

WARNINGS
       SCCS  files  can	 be  any length, but the number of lines in the
       text file itself cannot exceed 99,999 lines.

SEE ALSO
       admin(1), delta(1), get(1), prs(1).

								   sccsfile(4)
[top]

List of man pages available for HP-UX

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net