From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 26 20:50:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 518FB16A4B3 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:50:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5242943F85 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:50:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9R4olfE090268; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:50:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:50:47 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Alden Louis-Pierre In-Reply-To: <3F9C55FE.9030507@verizon.net> Message-ID: <20031026224615.G90401-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RCS question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:50:49 -0000 Alden Louis-Pierre wrote to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org: > > I'm learning how to use the RCS utility. I never knew such a tool > existed. I understand the commands and concept, > but as always I need some enlightment with the following question: > > /home/apierre/RCS - my RCS directory > > /home/apierre/Prog/C/Joy_of_C/chp_1 - the location of my C files from a > book I'm learning. > > If I were to ci(check in) my files from were my C files is located, > would my revisions be placed in my RCS directory? No. And, as others have noted, this doesn't scale well; RCS won't replicate your directory structure. CVS does, but it is more cumbersome to use for small projects. If you really want this behaviour, though, just `ln -s ~/RCS` in each directory you wish to share the RCS path. For most applications, though, you're better off with a local RCS directory; it facilitates backups and shared access much better. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America