SCCSPUT(1) General Commands Manual SCCSPUT(1) NAME sccsput - SCCS check-in script USAGE sccsput [options] [file-specifications] SYNOPSIS Sccsput is a simple, easy to use interface to sccs (source code control system). For each file specified as input, it checks differences against the previously archived version and prompts you for change his- tory comments. DESCRIPTION Sccsput uses the sccs utilities admin and delta to maintain versions of a given source file in a dependent directory named "SCCS". It is more than an integration of the admin and delta utilities, however: o It checks to ensure that each file is indeed a text file (so that you do not accidentally archive ".o" files, for example). o If you give sccsput a directory name, it will recur, checking-in files in the directory. o For each file which has a corresponding "s." file, sccsput compares the two (using diff) and pipes the result through the pager. o An option is provided so that you may direct sccsput to perform the differencing without checking the file into sccs. o The "s." file is post-processed by sccsput so that the check-in date matches the file's modification date. The last point is the fundamental advantage offered by sccsput. The ordinary sccs methodology uses the current date as the check-in date. This works well only for large projects in which a central project ad- ministrator is responsible for controlling the versions of source files. It does not work well for small projects, for which sccs's pri- mary advantage is its compact storage of multiple versions of a file. By using the file's modification date as a reference, you can more eas- ily back up to a meaningful version - by date, rather than version num- ber. (By working exclusively in terms of modification date, you lose the ability to specify sccs release numbers - given the complexity of sccs's interface for release and version numbers, this is probably not such a great loss). Sccsput integrates all of the functions used in the sccs check-in process into one utility program. OPTIONS Some of the options which you may specify to sccsput are passed through to the underlying utilities. Others represent extensions: -b is passed to diff, and directs it to ignore trailing blanks on a line, and to treat repeated blanks as a single blank. -c directs sccsput to use cat rather than the PAGER (usually more) to display differences. This is most useful in an Apollo pad, since the more program would otherwise switch to VT100 emulator mode. -f forces a check-in, ignoring the output of the file utility, which identifies text files. -l file causes sccsput to generate a log-file of the files which are processed, and all differences which are encountered. The log- file is inherited in recursion to lower directory levels (i.e., it is written to the same place). -n instructs sccsput to test for differences, but not to check the files into sccs. -s suppresses some of the messages generated by the sccs delta utility describing the number of lines changed, etc. OPERATIONS The sccsput utility is designed for use in small development projects. The methodology for this tool follows: o Develop source files "normally". Each file should contain sccs keywords (see get (1)) so that you will be able to distinguish checked-out files. The sccs keywords should appear at the top of your source file, for consistency. In C language programs, the convention is to make a string which will permit the what utility to show the versions of the modules which make up a program: #ifndef lint static char sccs_id[] = "@(#)sccsput.doc 1.1 88/05/05 08:07:16"; #endif o Periodically archive (with sccsput) those versions of files which you wish to keep (You should never have programs which have new features which you wish to keep, while there are defects in other parts of the program - that would be an unsound approach to devel- opment!). o When you reach the point of releasing the program, ensure that all source files have been checked-in. The directory editor (ded) is useful for reviewing the check-in dates. o Copy the directory containing your program to the release direc- tory. Purge all files, except those which are stored in the sccs subdirectories. Use sccsget to extract the files (the unadorned get utility will work, of course, but it retains the file modifica- tion dates). o Ensure that all files have been checked-in and released. You may use diff to compare the directories - the only differences should be the substituted sccs keywords. o Build the released version of your program. All files should be present. No embedded path names should refer to your development copy. To ensure good isolation, you may change the permissions on your development directory temporarily. Sccsput checks your source file out after the check-in, automatically. This is done to facilitate development. A check-in simply adds the latest changes to a file onto the archive. When checking files into sccs, it is a good idea to make a test run (using the "-n" option) so that you can inspect the differences. For example, you may have forgotten to remove (or bypass) debugging stubs. Or, you may have been editing a checked-out file (with the sccs key- words substituted). Sccsput would archive this anyway. If you forget, and wish to kill the check-in, wait until the "comments?" prompt is is- sued by the delta utility. At this point you may kill sccsput without having to clean up temporary files. If you do not have write-permission on the "SCCS" directory, but wish to review changes, use the "-n" option. The intermediate files are written in the /tmp directory. ENVIRONMENT Sccsput is a Bourne shell script. On Apollo DOMAIN/IX, it uses Sys- tem 5 features including dirname (1) and getopt (1). Environment variables imported by sccsput include: Sccsput also uses the following environment variables: NOTE Provides a default value for the delta comments. Normally you should provide case-by-case comments for each file. This vari- able is provided so that other programs can invoke sccsput. If the NOTE variable is defined (i.e., non-null) it is used; you will not be prompted for comments. PAGER identifies the program to use in displaying differences between the file which is being checked in, and the previously archived version. There may be a lot of differences - more than can be shown on one screen. SCCS_DIR specifies the directory into which the sccs "s." files are stored. If no specified, sccsput assumes "SCCS". FILES Sccsput uses the following files sccsput the Bourne shell script putdelta A utility which invokes admin or delta as required, and modifies the sccs "s." file after check-in so that the check-in date matches the file's modification date. ANTICIPATED CHANGES Make sccsput clean up temporary files if it is interrupted. Provide a mechanism for inserting dummy version numbers so that sccsput can bump the release number (for genuine major releases). Currently, the SID's are restricted to 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc. SEE ALSO putdelta, sccsget, ded, admin (1), delta (1), diff (1), get (1), rmdel (1), what (1) AUTHOR Thomas Dickey (Software Productivity Consortium). SCCSPUT(1)