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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: rcs for SysV
Message-ID: <6552@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Oct 89 18:11:49 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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The question: why does anyone use SCCS?

The answer: 14 character file names.

A related problem: I'm getting tired of having the same problem with
pack/compress/compact/..., and I'm considering a better solution than
either a prefix or suffix:

	% ls
	foo.c
	% pack foo.c
	foo.c: 32% compression.
	% ls
	foo.c/
	% ls foo.c
	packed
	% ls -a foo.c
	./		../		packed
	% unpack foo.c
	foo.c: Unpacked.
	% ls
	foo.c

Comments? (yes, I know Make won't like it, and so on... and no flames about
14 character file names, either)
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
"That particular mistake will not be repeated.  There are plenty of        'U`
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