From: acherman@inf.ethz.ch (Erwin Achermann) Subject: Re: RCS for WinNT 1 Sep 1997 20:18:25 -0700 Sender: mail@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <340A6667.3F658655.cygnus.gnu-win32@inf.ethz.ch> References: <9708278727.AA872716059@inet.stknhlg.com> Reply-To: erwin.achermann@switzerland.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: sshteingold@cctrading.com Original-CC: "gnu-win32@cygnus.com" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com sshteingold@cctrading.com wrote: > > I looked at this mailing list's archive and there were only 3 > messages > about RCS - 2 about compiling it, and one requesting binaries. > None > answered, so I repeat the question: > Where can I get the working RCS binaries for winnt? > I have the latest cygwin32 (rcs is not included), but neither who > nor > whoami work: > > C:\home\sds>who am i > who: /var/run/utmp: No such file or directory > > C:\home\sds>whoami > whoami: cannot find username for UID 500 > > (I have an environment var USER set, but apparently it's not > enough). > Also, I use binary (aka UNIX) file format (no CRLF, just LF). > Will RCS > work with it? (someone claimed that RCS 5.6 converts everything > to > text - aka DOS - file format) > > If possible, please send me a mail copy of your kind reply. > Thanks. > Sam > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message > to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". I'm not quite sure wheter we talk of the same, but i understand rcs as Revision Controll System, it is available from your favorite gnu-arcive. and compiles on b18 wihtout any hassle (at least for me :) Cheers Erwin -- |Erwin Achermann phone: +41-1-632 74 40 | |Institute of Scientific Computing fax: +41-1-632 11 72 | |ETH Zurich, IFW C29.2 mailto:acherman@inf.ethz.ch | |8092 Zurich, Switzerland http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/acherman | - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".