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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RCSINTRO 1 "June 29, 1983" "Purdue University"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: rcsintro \- introduction to RCS commands
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of text files.
        !             6: RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging
        !             7: of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example
        !             8: programs, documentation, graphics, papers, form letters, etc.
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: The basic user interface is extremely simple. The novice only needs
        !            11: to learn two commands:
        !            12: .I ci
        !            13: and
        !            14: .I co.
        !            15: \fICi\fR, short for "checkin", deposits the contents of a
        !            16: text file into an archival file called an RCS file. An RCS file
        !            17: contains all revisions of a particular text file.
        !            18: \fICo\fR, short for "checkout", retrieves revisions from an RCS file.
        !            19: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            20: ci(1), co(1), ident(1), merge(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5).
        !            21: .br
        !            22: Walter F. Tichy, ``An Introduction to the Revision Control System'',
        !            23: Programmer Supplementary Documents, Volume 1 (PS1), #13

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