rcsdiff(1)

1RCSDIFF(1)                  General Commands Manual                 RCSDIFF(1)
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NAME

6       rcsdiff - compare RCS revisions
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SYNOPSIS

9       rcsdiff  [  -ksubst  ]  [ -q ] [ -rrev1 [ -rrev2 ] ] [ -T ] [ -V[n] ] [
10       -xsuffixes ] [ -zzone ] [ diff options ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       rcsdiff runs diff(1) to compare two revisions of each RCS file given.
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15       Filenames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files;  all  others  denote
16       working files.  Names are paired as explained in ci(1).
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18       The  option  -q  suppresses diagnostic output.  Zero, one, or two revi‐
19       sions may be specified with -r.  The  option  -ksubst  affects  keyword
20       substitution  when extracting revisions, as described in co(1); for ex‐
21       ample, -kk -r1.1 -r1.2 ignores differences in keyword values when  com‐
22       paring  revisions 1.1 and 1.2.  To avoid excess output from locker name
23       substitution, -kkvl is assumed if (1) at most one  revision  option  is
24       given,  (2) no -k option is given, (3) -kkv is the default keyword sub‐
25       stitution, and (4) the working file's mode would be produced by  co -l.
26       See  co(1) for details about -T, -V, -x and -z.  Otherwise, all options
27       of diff(1) that apply to regular files  are  accepted,  with  the  same
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30       If both rev1 and rev2 are omitted, rcsdiff compares the latest revision
31       on the default branch (by default the trunk) with the contents  of  the
32       corresponding  working  file.   This is useful for determining what you
33       changed since the last checkin.
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35       If rev1 is given, but rev2 is omitted, rcsdiff compares  revision  rev1
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38       If  both  rev1  and rev2 are given, rcsdiff compares revisions rev1 and
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EXAMPLE

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ENVIRONMENT

52       RCSINIT
53              Options  prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces.  A
54              backslash escapes spaces within an option.  The RCSINIT  options
55              are  prepended to the argument lists of most RCS commands.  Use‐
56              ful RCSINIT options include -q, -V, -x, and -z.
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58       RCS_MEM_LIMIT
59              Normally, for speed, commands either memory  map  or  copy  into
60              memory  the  RCS file if its size is less than the memory-limit,
61              currently defaulting to ``unlimited''.   Otherwise  (or  if  the
62              initially-tried speedy ways fail), the commands fall back to us‐
63              ing standard i/o routines.  You can adjust the memory  limit  by
64              setting  RCS_MEM_LIMIT to a numeric value lim (measured in kilo‐
65              bytes).  An empty value is silently ignored.  As a side  effect,
66              specifying RCS_MEM_LIMIT inhibits fall-back to slower routines.
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68       TMPDIR Name  of  the  temporary directory.  If not set, the environment
69              variables TMP and TEMP are inspected instead and the first value
70              found  is  taken;  if none of them are set, a host-dependent de‐
71              fault is used, typically /tmp.
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DIAGNOSTICS

74       Exit status is 0 for no differences during any comparison, 1  for  some
75       differences, 2 for trouble.
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IDENTIFICATION

78       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
79       Manual Page Revision: 5.10.1; Release Date: 2023-07-21.
80       Copyright © 2010-2022 Thien-Thi Nguyen.
81       Copyright © 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Paul Eggert.
82       Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 Walter F. Tichy.
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