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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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