SCCS vs RCS

[Rahul Dhesi]

In article <10006 at mpx2.mpx.com> erik at mpx2.mpx.com (Erik Murrey) writes:
>For example, in SCCS, a "%Z%" gets expanded into "@(#)" when checked
>out (for compiling), but it cannot collapse that back to "%Z%" if I
>check that version in.

This is a design bug in SCCS.  There is a way around it, provided you
use a standard set of sccs keywords in all files.  For example:

     static char sccsid[] = "::[ %lots% %of% %sccs% %keywords% ]::";

Then when you lose keywords in a file, filter it through my "updid" script:

   #! /bin/sh
   # usage:  updid file ...
   # Restores lost SCCS keywords between ::[ and ]:: in source files
   # Copyright 1989 Rahul Dhesi, All rights reserved.  Use and
   # distribution permitted in accordance with the GNU license
   TMP=T$$
   WORDS='::[ %lots% %of% %sccs% %keywords% ]::'
   for f
   do
      sed < $f > $TMP -e "s/::\[.*\]::/$WORDS/" && mv $TMP $f
   done
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