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Re: Automate Log message
From: |
Aaron S. Hawley |
Subject: |
Re: Automate Log message |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:35:08 -0500 (EST) |
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Daniel McAferty wrote:
> Does anyone know how to make it so I won't get prompted for a message
> on the initializing with: rcs -i -kb filename
note: you're not getting prompted for a message but a description.
descriptions can be specified from the command line with the "-t-" option.
this should clear many a thing up for you.
let us know of any further problems.
/a
>
> >From the command line I can check in a file with:
>
> ci -m"Log Message" filename
>
> My problem is in trying to do the same thing while initializing
> a binary file.
>
> To initiaize a binary file I can type:
>
> rcs -i -kb filename
>
> Then the system prompts me to type in a log message.
> I am trying to do this in a batch file and I don't want
> to have to type in a message for each new file.
>
> If I use
> rcs -i -kb -m"message" filename
> I get "rcs: -m lacks revision number"
>
> Doco shows I need to use -mrev:message
> rcs -i -kb -m1.1:"message" filename
> gives an error "rcs: RCS/filename: RCS file empty". It doesn't
> matter what I put for revision I get the same message.
>
> Can I somehow turn off the message requirement? I can live without it.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
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