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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RCSFREEZE 1L "" "Purdue University"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: rcsfreeze \- freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B rcsfreeze
        !             6: [symbolic revision name]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: The
        !             9: .I rcsfreeze
        !            10: command has the purpose of assigning a symbolic revision
        !            11: number to a set of RCS files, which form a valid configuration.
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: The idea is to run
        !            14: .I rcsfreeze
        !            15: each time a new version is checked
        !            16: in. A unique symbolic revision number (\c
        !            17: .BI C_ number,
        !            18: where
        !            19: .I number
        !            20: is increased each time rcsfreeze is run) is then assigned to the most
        !            21: recent revision of each RCS file of the main trunk.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: If the command is invoked with an argument, then this
        !            24: argument is used as the symbolic name to freeze a configuration.
        !            25: The unique identifier is still generated
        !            26: and is listed in the log file but it will not appear as
        !            27: part of the symbolic revision name in the actual RCS files.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: A log message is requested from the user which is saved for future
        !            30: references.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: The shell script works only on all RCS files at one time.
        !            33: It is important that all changed files are checked in (there are
        !            34: no precautions against any error in this respect). Run
        !            35: .IR rcsclean (1L)
        !            36: first and see whether any sources remain in the current directory.
        !            37: .SH FILES
        !            38: .TP 2.5i
        !            39: [RCS/]rcsfreeze.version
        !            40: for the version number
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: [RCS/]rscfreeze.log
        !            43: for the log messages, most recent log message first.
        !            44: .SH AUTHOR
        !            45: Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
        !            46: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            47: rcs(1L), rlog(1L), rcsclean(1L)
        !            48: .SH BUGS
        !            49: The program does not check whether there are any sources checked out
        !            50: and modified.

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