RCSFREEZE(1) General Commands Manual RCSFREEZE(1)
NAME
rcsfreeze - freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
SYNOPSIS
rcsfreeze [name]
DESCRIPTION
rcsfreeze assigns a symbolic revision number to a set of RCS files that form a valid configuration.
The idea is to run rcsfreeze each time a new version is checked in. A unique symbolic name (C_number, where
number is increased each time rcsfreeze is run) is then assigned to the most recent revision of each RCS file
of the main trunk.
An optional name argument to rcsfreeze gives a symbolic name to the configuration. The unique identifier is
still generated and is listed in the log file but it will not appear as part of the symbolic revision name in
the actual RCS files.
A log message is requested from the user for future reference.
The shell script works only on all RCS files at one time. All changed files must be checked in already. Run
rcsclean(1) first and see whether any sources remain in the current directory.
FILES
RCS/.rcsfreeze.ver
version number
RCS/.rcsfreeze.log
log messages, most recent first
ENVIRONMENT
RCSINIT
Options prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces. A backslash escapes spaces within an
option. The RCSINIT options are prepended to the argument lists of most RCS commands. Useful RCSINIT
options include -q, -V, -x, and -z.
RCS_MEM_LIMIT
An integer lim, measured in kilobytes, specifying the threshold under which commands will try to use
memory-based operations for processing the RCS file. (For RCS files of size lim kilobytes or greater,
RCS will use the slower standard input/output routines.) Default value is 256.
TMPDIR Name of the temporary directory. If not set, the environment variables TMP and TEMP are inspected
instead and the first value found is taken; if none of them are set, a host-dependent default is used,
typically /tmp.
AUTHOR
Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
SEE ALSO
co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rlog(1).
Walter F. Tichy, RCSA System for Version Control, SoftwarePractice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.
The full documentation for RCS is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info(1) and RCS programs are prop‐
erly installed at your site, the command
info rcs
Error checking is rudimentary.
rcsfreeze is just an optional example shell script, and should not be taken too seriously. See CVS for a more
complete solution.
GNU RCS 5.9.0 2014-06-10 RCSFREEZE(1)
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