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-Edit a file with RCS
-
-This archive contains vic which is a simple wrapper around the editor of your
-choice to first check the file out of RCS, edit the file, and then checks the
-file back into RCS.
+vic is a simple wrapper around the editor of your choice to first check a
+file out of RCS, edit the file, and then check the file back into RCS.
There are safeguards to protect the user if the file is edited outside of RCS,
-and allows the user to get the RCS archive back up to date.
+and it allows the user to get the RCS archive back up to date.
-You can edit multiple programs at a time with something like:
- vic *.wc
+You can edit multiple programs at a time with something like: vic *.wc
The editor name is drawn from the environment variables $VISUAL, $EDITOR, or
(if all else fails) "vi".
Also included is a simple program, show.locks, which shows all of the files
from the current directory which are currently locked.
-
-If you have files locked, but not currently being edited, you may want to do:
- ci -u FILE
- chmod a-w FILE