Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:32:59 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: jer@jorsm.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File Time/Date/Version/Etc Stamping Message-ID: <199807241832.LAA12030@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980724114323.20247B-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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>Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:45:31 -0500 (CDT) >From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> >I always see lines like: >$Id: sysconfig,v 1.52.2.3 1997/01/09 02:42:45 alex Exp $ >In various config files and such. Are these lines generated by any >stamping tool or are they just manually entered? Created by RCS, via the "$Id$" keyword. In this case, probably from the use of RCS facilities by CVS. The "$Id$" gets expanded to what you report above at check-in time (if I recall correctly). See the man page for "rcsintro" for additional information. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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