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.Dd October 03, 2005
.Dt CO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm co
.Nd check out RCS revisions
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Bk -words
.Op Fl fIqV
.Op Ar rev
.Op Fl d Ns Ar date
.Op Fl k Ns Ar mode
.Op Fl l Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl M Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl m Ns Ar msg
.Op Fl p Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl r Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl s Ns Ar state
.Op Fl u Ns Op Ar rev
.Op Fl w Ns Ar user
.Op Fl x Ns Ar suffixes
.Op Fl z Ns Ar tz
.Ar file ...
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
always performs keyword substitution.
.Pp
The following options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d Ns Ar date
Retrieve revision as of the latest revision no later than
.Ar date .
.It Fl f
Force the overwriting of the working file.
.It Fl I
Interactive mode.
.It Fl k Ns Ar mode
Specify the keyword substitution mode.
.It Fl l Ns Op Ar rev
The same as
.Fl r ,
but also locks the revision.
.It Fl M Ns Op Ar rev
Set the modification time of the file to the date of the
retrieved revision.
.It Fl m Ns Ar msg
Specify a log message.
A line beginning with a hash character
.Pq Sq #
is considered a comment and ignored.
.It Fl p Ns Op Ar rev
Print the latest revision no later than
.Ar rev
to standard output.
If
.Ar rev
is not specified, print HEAD.
.It Fl q
Be quiet about reporting.
.It Fl r Ns Op Ar rev
Retrieve the latest revision no later than
.Ar rev .
If
.Ar rev
is not specified, retrieve HEAD.
.It Fl s Ns Ar state
Retrieve revision of the specified
.Ar state
only.
.It Fl u Ns Op Ar rev
The same as
.Fl r ,
but also unlocks the retrieved revision if it was locked.
.It Fl V
Print RCS's version number.
.It Fl w Ns Ar user
Retrieve the latest revision which was checked in by the specified
.Ar user .
If the
.Ar user
argument is omitted, the login of the user issuing the command
is assumed.
.It Fl x Ns Ar suffixes
Specifies the suffixes for RCS files.
Suffixes should be separated by the
.Sq /
character.
.It Fl z Ns Ar tz
Specify the date output format in keyword substitution, and the
default timezone for
.Ar date
used in the
.Fl d
option.
.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 EXAMPLES
Retrieve the latest revision of file
.Pa foo.c
and lock it for further editing:
.Pp
.Dl $ co -l foo.c
.Pp
Retrieve revision 1.5 of file
.Pa foo.c :
.Pp
.Dl $ co -r1.5 foo.c
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ci 1 ,
.Xr ident 1 ,
.Xr rcs 1 ,
.Xr rcsclean 1 ,
.Xr rcsdiff 1 ,
.Xr rcsmerge 1 ,
.Xr rlog 1