Ed Glace wrote: > If I execute the following statement on a text file - it seems to > work correctly without the file needing to be placed into my current > directory. > co -p -r$srev1 $filename
Does not being in the current directory mean that the file is located in the RCS subdirectory? (e.g. ./RCS/$filename,v) Because to the best of my knowledge rcs commands always look for the vault files in the current directory and if not found there then look for them in an RCS subdirectory. (Or perhaps it is the other way around. Best to only have the file in one location so that priority order does not matter.) So the ,v files would need to be in one or the other. Look in the RCS directory for the $filename,v file because I am pretty sure your evidence says that there is a file there. > On the other hand, if I try this with a Microsoft Access (mdb) file, > it seems I cannot open the file without actually having the file in > my current directory. If the ,v file is not in current directory or an RCS subdirectory then this would be expected behavior. Note: Make sure you are setting the binary file options 'rcs -kb' so that binary files will not accidentally match an RCS keyword and expand it corrupting the file. Bob _______________________________________________ help-rcs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-rcs
