SCCS commands

This section describes the major features of the SCCS commands along with their most common arguments. Full descriptions with details of all arguments are presented in their respective manual pages.

Here is a quick-reference overview of the commands:

admin

initializes SCCS files, manipulates their descriptive text, and controls delta creation rights

cdc

changes the commentary associated with a delta

comb

combines consecutive deltas into one to reduce the size of an SCCS file

delta

applies deltas (changes) to SCCS files and creates new versions

get

retrieves versions of SCCS files

help

provides an explanation of error messages

prs

prints portions of an SCCS file in user-specified format

rmdel

removes a delta from an SCCS file;
allows removal of deltas created by mistake

sact

prints information about files that are currently out for editing

sccsdiff

shows differences between any two versions of an SCCS file

unget

undoes the effect of a get -e before the file is changed

val

validates an SCCS file

vc

a filter that may be used for version control

what

searches any UNIX system file(s) for all occurrences of a special pattern and prints out what follows it; useful in identifying information inserted by the get command