[TriLUG] RCS

[Joel Ebel]

Normally when a file is checked into RCS with -u it loses it's write 
permissions.  By turning off file locking, you do change this.  In 
essence the file will always be locked, and thus always writeable.  If 
you check them all out again with co * they will be writeable.  Then 
every time you edit it, just check it in with ci -u filename, and it 
will stay writeable.  I, however, choose to leave file locking turned on 
since it helps me remember to check it in when I'm done.  But that's up 
to you.

Joel

H. Crissman wrote:
> I am relatively new to RCS. Is it supposed to change file permissions and make 
> them read only? Here is what I have done so far.
> 
> 1. mkdir RCS in ~/scripts
> 2. ci -u -t-Baseline * (check in all my scripts)
> 3. rcs -U * (turn off file locking. I am the only one using this system)
> 
> Now files that were rwx-rwx-rx are r-xr-xr-x. That seems odd to me?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> H. Crissman