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From: bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SCCS and other questions
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.051229.14533@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 05:12:29 GMT
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In article <1991Mar26.025056.18064@ombrage.mi.org> ddh@ombrage.mi.org (Dave Hale) writes:
>In article <7820@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> audley@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Christopher D Audley) writes:
>>
>>Why doesn't the NeXT have SCCS. I was under the impression this was a
>>standard part of Unix.  Even if it isn't a standard Unix feature, why
>>does NeXT, a machine with reputation as a great development environment, 
>>lack it.
>>
>
>   SysV versions of UN*X use SCCS, on bsd systems (at least in my experience)
>you use RCS which is included on the NeXT.  When you were using the Sparc the

     sccs(1) is also included in 4.3BSD.  RCS is not, though it is freely
available.  If it is missing in the NeXT distribution (I haven't looked),
then NeXT should either distribute it or explain the omission.  sccs(1)
is indeed one of those things that one has, for years, been able to count
on in both SysV and BSD varieties of UNIX.

>SCCS stuff was probably from /usr/5bin or was ported over.  If you do a man
>on rcsintro(1) it should give you the neccessary info.
>
>   [text deleted  --SJB]
>   - Dave
>
>-- 
>Dave Hale ddh@orage.mi.org - Can alse accept NeXT mail at this address.
>          ddh@ombrage.mi.org - Regular mail only, please. 
>


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
                                  Systems Programming
                                  Northern Illinois University
                                  DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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