.TH SCCSTORCS 8 "29 June 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
sccstorcs \- build RCS file from SCCS file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsccstorcs\fR [\fB\-t\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] \fIs.file\fR ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sccstorcs
builds an RCS file from each SCCS file argument.
The deltas and comments for each delta are preserved and installed into
the new RCS file in order.
Also preserved are
the user access list and descriptive text, if any,
from the SCCS file.
.PP
The following flags are meaningful:
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
Trace only.
Prints detailed information about the SCCS file and lists the
commands that would be executed to produce the RCS file.
No commands are actually executed and no RCS file is made.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
Verbose.
Prints each command that is run while it is building the RCS file.
.SH FILES
For each s.\fIsomefile\fR,
.I Sccstorcs
writes the files \fIsomefile\fR and \fIsomefile\fR,v
which should not already exist.
.I Sccstorcs
will abort, rather than overwrite those files if they do exist.
.SH SEE ALSO
ci (1), co (1), rcs (1).
.br
Walter F. Tichy, "Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Revision
Control System," in \fIProceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Software Engineering\fR, IEEE, Tokyo, Sept. 1982.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
All diagnostics are written to stderr.
Non-zero exit status on error.
.SH BUGS
.I Sccstorcs
does not preserve all SCCS options specified in the SCCS file.
Most notably, it does not preserve removed deltas, MR numbers,
and cutoff points.
.SH AUTHOR
Ken Greer

Copyright \(co 1983 by Kenneth L. Greer