Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:48:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Cc: kline@tera.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using rcs with `what' Message-ID: <199605162348.QAA25649@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <199605162336.BAA00600@eac.iafrica.com> from Robert Nordier at "May 17, 96 01:36:12 am"
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According to Robert Nordier: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > This is tangential to the standard questions for this group. > > (Hopefully.) It regards the RCS and the `what' utility. > > > > Has anybody considered hacking the rcs stuff so that our > > $src/usr.bin/what utility could be used more widely? > > > > Since AT&T or <whoever> owns sccs, and since `what' was > > originally built for sccs, the what utility has become > > relatively obsolete. But given a few minutes of hacks to > > the rsc suite, `what' could be much more useful. Currently > > it is only useful if pointed at binaries built with sccs_id > > strings. > > > > Feedback? > > > > (I happened into this while checking some of my own projects > > built with rcs... ) > > > > Sorry if this is an inappropriate subject... > > Seems a good idea to me. But why not add RCS support as an option > (say '-r')? > > A lot of people tend to use '@(#)' in shell scripts and such as a > marker, whether or not they use SCCS. > > While we're at it, why not implement the '-s' option (was it?) which > terminates the search after finding a single '@(#)' (or RCS > equivalent)? > > -- I believe that ``-r'' is used already. How about letting the ``@(#) .... <id string>'' be the default and something like a ``-w'' flag in case the user does not want `what' compatability? Any other ideas? I can do this is fairly short order once I dig out the src code. I want to come to some kind of consensus with as many people who would like to see this added. Lastly, is there anyone at the FSF who oversees RCS/CVS and who can include this hack in a new rev?? Anybody?? gary PS: I've hacked on/bug-fixed SCCS many years ago. Good thing we don't have it. SCCS is a rat's nest of kludges.... >
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