#################################################################### ## This is a help file for this software package. The file ## ## contains the command name and a brief description of what the ## ## command does. Along with the description the format of the ## ## command is given with examples of how the command works. ## #################################################################### Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> check <== # This command reports the files that are currently being # edited. If no arguments are given or just the '-u' # option then only the files being currently edited by the # requesting user will be displayed. If the '-u' option # is used followed by a username then the command will # display own the files being edited by that user. # # # The format for the command check is: # Format: check [-u [username] # Example: check # Example: check -u mehl Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> create <== # This command performs the proper configurization to the # database to allow the file being requested to be added # as a valid file under the control of this version control # software package. The command will add the name to the # validfile file then it creates a temporary file that # will be version number 0. It will also add the files # name to the counter file, which controls what version # the file is at. The last task this file does is it # invokes the edit command using the specified file, which # means it automatically signs the file out to the user # that is requesting its creation. # # The format for the command create is: # Format: create# Example: create toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> edit <== # This command signs out a copy of the specified file to # the user that is invoking the command. This file is # then locked so now other user can get a writable-working # copy of the file. In order for this file to be a # writable-working copy for anyone else the file has to # be signed back in by using the put command. The copy # that the user signs out will become the next version # the requested file. # # # The format for the command edit is: # Format: edit # Example: edit toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> enter <== # This command is very similar to the create command, # however it does not automatically sign the file out. # It only creates the file, so it is ready for use. # This command performs the proper configurization to the # database to allow the file being requested to be added # as a valid file under the control of this version control # software package. The command will add the name to the # validfile file then it creates a temporary file that # will be version number 0. It will also add the files # name to the counter file, which controls what version # the file is at. # # The format for the command enter is: # Format: enter # Example: enter toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> get <== # This command allows a user to receive a read-only copy # of the file specified. If there is a '-r' option then # a old version of the specified file, which the user # that is invoking the command, is retrieved. This file is # a read-only copy of the file and not locked so other users # can get a copy of the file too. # # # The format for the command get is: # Format: get # Example: get toolkit.java # Example: get -r 3 toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> help <== # This command will display a help screen for the specified # file. The command will also show the formant of the # command to be entered as well as an example(s) of the # command specified. # # # The format for the command help is: # Format: help # Example: help create Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> info <== # This command reports the files that are currently being # edited. For each file listed the current version number, # the user that signed the file out, and the time it was # signed out are listed with the corresponding files. If no # arguments are given or just the '-u' option then only # the files being currently edited by the requesting user # will be displayed. If the '-u' option is used followed # by a username then the command will display own the # files being edited by that user. # # # The format for the command info is: # Format: info # Example: info -u # Example: info -u mehl Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> print <== # This command displays the entire history for the # specified file. # # # The format for the command print is: # Format: print # Example: print toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> put <== # This command signs in a copy of the specified file to # the user that is invoking the command. This file # can only be sign in if the file has been signed out by # by the user trying to sign the file back in. Only when # that condition is meet will file be unlocked so now # other user can get a writable-working copy of the file. # The copy that the user signs in will become the next # version for the specified file. # # # The format for the command put is: # Format: put # Example: put toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> tell <== # This command reports the files that are currently being # edited. If no arguments are given or just the '-u' # option then only the files being currently edited by the # requesting user will be displayed. If the '-u' option # is used followed by a username then the command will # display own the files being edited by that user. # # # The format for the command tell is: # Format: tell [-u [username] # Example: tell # Example: tell -u mehl Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> unget <== # This command allows a user to return a copy of the file # that was signed out by using the edit command without # summiting a new version to the database. This file # can only be sign in if the file has been signed out by # by the user trying to sign the file back in. Which # means it undoes a edit command. The file is unlocked # so now other user can get a writable-working copy of # the file. The copy that the user signs in will NOT # become the next version for the file specified. # # # The format for the command unget is: # Format: unget # Example: unget toolkit.java Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File ==> what <== # This command will report the current version number of # all files that exist under the control of this software # package. # # # The format for the command what is: # Format: what # Example: what Top of File | Check | Create | Edit | Enter | Get | Help | Info | Print | Put | Tell | Unget | What | Botton of File
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Last Modified on April 23, 1996
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