On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Richard Heintze wrote: > I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed > "info RCS" and felt confused. > > Is RCS like CVS in the sense that one runs a un*x > deamon or windows service on a remote node and legions > of programmers use a client implemented with sockets > or pipes. > > If so, (1) how do I start the service or deamon for > RCS? > > (2) does RCS lock out other programmers while one > works on a file or is RCS like CVS and everyone merges > their differences later? > > > Does cygwin include the CVS windows service? If so, > how do I start it up? > > Can I assume that the CVS I see in the cygwin > documentation is the origional CVS ported to windows > and not CVSNT? > > Are RCS and CVS the only open source programs for > source code control? What is SCCS? I believe that is a > propietary program and not avialable as open source. > > How does one decide between using RCS and CVS? Are > they very similar?
RCS is local to your computer and has no daemon. CVS started as a remote RCS, and still works in a similiar fashion. Mike -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/