Thanks for all the responses! I have not explicitly set RCSHOME, I can check into that.
I tried the "rcs -kb" and that didn't help (problem still occurs). I really do want to get this working on the PowerPoint file, so don't really want to do any conversions to another program/format. I know I've done this on Unix before.... so it's something goofy with the Windows environment. I'll keep poking around - thanks! On 1/9/08, Cannon, Alastair, VF UK, Partner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't have any experience of RCS on windows but do you need to set the > env variable RCSHOME? I don't know if this is related to your problem but if > it is not currently set then it is one more thing you can eliminate. > > > > *Alastair Cannon* > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Sue > Schroeder > *Sent:* 09 January 2008 15:29 > *To:* Aaron S. Hawley > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: RCS on Windows - PowerPoint file > > > Thanks for the reply! > > I tried adding the -kb option but it didn't like that: > > D:\Profiles\{me}\Desktop\RCS_Test>ci -kb -i Test.ppt > RCS/Test.ppt <-- Test.ppt > ci: Test.ppt: warning: can't find a date > ci: Test.ppt: warning: can't find an author > ci: Test.ppt: warning: can't find a state > ci: RCS/Test.ppt: Symbolic name `b' is undefined. > > Regarding installation, I'm not sure if I did it correctly, but I saved > the 3 zip files from http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/RCS/ and > simply extracted them to an RCS folder. I didn't see any setup file to run > or anything. I'm hoping I can just use the provided binaries rather than > having to recompile???? > > From other searches, it looks like the issue might be related to the diff > and some issue with which one is being used??? > > Thanks for any help you can give me!!! > Sue > > On 1/9/08, Aaron S. Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What happens when try again but you use -kb, in addition to -i on > > initial check-in? > > > > Which RCS for Windows did you install? > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 4:08 PM, Sue Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just installed RCS for Windows. I used to use it on Unix all the > > time, > > > this is my first time on Windows. I created an RCS folder and then > > did a > > > checkin of a PowerPoint file to do the initial checkin (I tried with > > the -i, > > > and with the -u as well). When I then did a co -l, (or even just a > > co), my > > > PowerPoint file (about 170K) was overwritten with a 6 byte file and I > > lost > > > my original file. I tried a couple other ways and the same thing > > happened. > > > It seems to work ok for some text files that I have. > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? It's supposed to work on PowerPoint > > files, > > > correct? > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > Sue > > > > > > >
