December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
6h 45m
English
The RCS (Revision Control System) is a set of programs used for source-code version control. It is used heavily by programmers to maintain source files and track source-code changes. The script in this chapter1 was created in an effort to control configuration files on a system without having to perform the manual check-in and check-out process used with the RCS. This is done by replacing your system editor with this script, which in turn calls your editor with the appropriate RCS commands.
The script demonstrates a few useful techniques: it grabs command-line parameters, it calls the script through a link, and finally it demonstrates the use of the check-in and check-out commands in the RCS. Many more features and options ...