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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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