1sccs-val(1)                      User Commands                     sccs-val(1)
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NAME

6       sccs-val, val - validate an SCCS file
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SYNOPSIS

9       val [-s] [-m name] [-rsid] [-y type] s.filename...
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DESCRIPTION

13       The val utility determines if the specified s.files meet the character‐
14       istics specified by the indicated arguments. val can process up  to  50
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18       val  has  a special argument, `−', which reads the standard input until
19       the end-of-file condition is detected. Each line read is  independently
20       processed as if it were a command line argument list.
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23       val  generates diagnostic messages on the standard output for each com‐
24       mand line and file processed and also returns a single 8−bit code  upon
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32         bit 0 = missing file argument
33         bit 1 = unknown or duplicate option
34         bit 2 = corrupted s.file
35         bit 3 = can not open file or file not in s.file format
36         bit 4 = the SCCS delta ID (SID) is invalid or ambiguous
37         bit 5 = the SID does not exist
38         bit 6 = mismatch between Y% and -y argument
39         bit 7 = mismatch between sccs-val.1 and -m argument
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44       val  can process two or more files on a given command line, and in turn
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46       In  these  cases, an aggregate code is returned which is the logical OR
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OPTIONS

50       The following options are supported:
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52       -s         Silent.  Suppresses the normal error or warning messages.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

66       See  environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
67       that affect the execution of val: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,  LC_MESSAGES,
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ATTRIBUTES

71       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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76       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
77       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
78       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
79       │Availability                 │SUNWsprot                    │
80       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
81       │Interface Stability          │Committed                    │
82       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
83       │Standard                     │See standards(5).            │
84       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

87       sccs(1),   sccs-admin(1),   sccs-delta(1),  sccs-get(1),  sccs-help(1),
88       what(1), sccsfile(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)
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DIAGNOSTICS

91       Use the SCCS help command for explanations (see sccs-help(1)).
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95SunOS 5.11                        17 Jan 2008                      sccs-val(1)