Subject: Re: SCCS
To: kentl AT bdc DOT cirrus DOT com (Kent D. Lottis)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 09:36:14 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (user alias)
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>

> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Apr 1995, Dave New wrote:
> 
> > Of course, in a plain DOS environment, there are no symbolic links, so the
> > rcs directories are "real", but this is not perceived to be a problem using
> > his approach if only a single developer is involved.  For multiple developers,
> > symbolic links are needed.
> > 
> 
> I don't know if RCS readily supports this, but here's what I do around here.
> We use a commercial cousin of RCS (I won't name it, but it's initials are 
> PVCS). The traditional approach is to place a symbolic link to the RCS 
> directory in any directory where one might want access to the RCS files. 
> What this does, in essence, is inform the RCS tools where to go look for 
> the RCS files. Symbolic links are just a way of getting the file system 
> to do the work for you. In lieu of a decent file system, you can use a 
> regular file to help your tools find the RCS files.
> 
> For PVCS, this hinges on the use of an environment variable that names
> a "configuration file". This configuration file in turn tell the tools
> where to look for the archives ("logfiles", in PVCS parlance).
> What I do is set the VCSCFG variable to .\vcsdir.cfg (any filename will do).
> Then create a vcsdir.cfg filename that points at you logfile directory.
> 
> I've been thinking of adopting RCS for personal projects, so 
> I'm curious: 
> 
> a) Does RCS have any mechanism like this (environment variables) to
>    help locate the archive files.
> b) Does RCS _require_ the ",v" extension, or can another naming convention
>    be used (e.g. none - archives & workfiles have same name, just different
>    path)?

You can set an environment variable RCS_INIT=-x and RCS will not use the ,v
notation. BTW, I found a go32 based RCS port on ftp.netcom.com:/pub/el/elf
(off memory).


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--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku AT gil DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
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