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.Dd May 16, 2004
.Dt RCS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rcs
.Nd RCS file management program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl ehiLMqUV
.Op Fl a Ns Ar users
.Op Fl b Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl c Ns Ar string
.Op Fl e Ns Op Ar users
.Op Fl k Ns Ar mode
.Op Fl m Ns Ar rev : Ns Ar log
.Ar file Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is used to create RCS files or manipulate the contents of existing
files.
.Pp
The following options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width "-e usersXX"
.It Fl a Ns Ar users
Add the usernames specified in the comma-separated list
.Ar users
to the access list of the RCS files.
.It Fl b Ns Op Ar rev
.It Fl c Ns Ar string
Set comment leader to
.Ar string .
.It Fl e Ns Op Ar users
Remove the usernames specified in the comma-separated list
.Ar users
from the access list of the RCS files.
If
.Ar users
is not specified, all users are removed from the access list.
.It Fl h
Display the program's usage and exit.
.It Fl i
Create and initialize a new RCS file.
If the RCS file has no path prefix, try to first create it in the
.Pa ./RCS
subdirectory or, if that fails, in the current directory.
Files created this way contain no revision.
.It Fl k Ns Ar mode
Specify the keyword substitution mode.
.It Fl L
Enable strict locking on the RCS files.
See
.Xr rcsfile 5
for more details on locking.
.It Fl M
Disable mail warnings when breaking a user's lock.
Normally,
.Nm
will send a mail to the lock owner when his lock is removed by a call
to
.Nm
.Fl u .
This option is currently ignored.
.It Fl m Ns Ar rev : Ns Ar msg
Replace revision
.Ar rev Ns 's
log message with
.Ar msg .
.It Fl q
Be quiet about reporting.
.It Fl U
Disable strict locking on the RCS files.
See
.Xr rcsfile 5
for more details on locking.
.It Fl V
Print the program's version string and exit.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width RCSINIT
.It Ev RCSINIT
If set, this variable should contain a list of space-delimited options that
are prepended to the argument list.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ci 1 ,
.Xr co 1 ,
.Xr ident 1 ,
.Xr rcsclean 1 ,
.Xr rcsdiff 1 ,
.Xr rcsmerge 1 ,
.Xr rlog 1