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1.1       root        1: Title:         RCS Revision Control System
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                      3: Author:                Walter F. Tichy
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                      5: Address:       Department of Computer Sciences
                      6:                Purdue University
                      7:                West Lafayette, IN 47907
                      8: 
                      9: Net address:   wft@purdue      (ARPA)
                     10: 
                     11: Description:
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                     13: The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of text files.
                     14: RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging
                     15: of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example
                     16: programs, documentation, graphics, papers, form letters, etc.
                     17: 
                     18: The sccstorcs command was added in 4.3BSD:
                     19: 
                     20: Title:         sccstorcs
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                     22: Author:                Kenneth L. Greer
                     23:                2065 Alma St.
                     24:                Palo Alto, CA 94301
                     25: 
                     26: Net address:   kg.HP-Labs@Rand-Relay
                     27: 
                     28: Description:
                     29: 
                     30: Sccstorcs builds an RCS Revision Control System file from an SCCS
                     31: Source Code Control System file. The deltas and comments for each
                     32: delta are preserved and installed into the new RCS file in order.
                     33: Also preserved are the user access list and descriptive text, if
                     34: any, from the SCCS file.

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