cdc(1)                                                                  cdc(1)


NAME
     cdc - change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta

SYNOPSIS
     cdc -rSID [-m[mrlist]] [-y[comment]] files

DESCRIPTION
     cdc changes the delta commentary, for the SID (SCCS IDentification
     string) specified by the -r keyletter, of each named SCCS file.

     Delta commentary is defined to be the Modification Request (MR) and
     comment information normally specified via the delta(1) command (-m and
     -y keyletters).

     If a directory is named, cdc behaves as though each file in the directory
     were specified as a named file, except that non-SCCS files (last
     component of the pathname does not begin with s.)  and unreadable files
     are silently ignored.  If a name of - is given, the standard input is
     read (see WARNINGS) and each line of the standard input is taken to be
     the name of an SCCS file to be processed.

     Arguments to cdc, which may appear in any order, consist of keyletter
     arguments and filenames.

     All the described keyletter arguments apply independently to each named
     file:

          -rSID          Used to specify the SCCS IDentification (SID) string
                         of a delta for which the delta commentary is to be
                         changed.

          -mmrlist       If the SCCS file has the v flag set (see admin(1)]
                         then a list of MR numbers to be added and/or deleted
                         in the delta commentary of the SID specified by the
                         -r keyletter may be supplied.  A null MR list has no
                         effect.

                         MR entries are added to the list of MRs in the same
                         manner as that of delta(1).  In order to delete an
                         MR, precede the MR number with the character ! (see
                         EXAMPLES).  If the MR to be deleted is currently in
                         the list of MRs, it is removed and changed into a
                         ``comment'' line.  A list of all deleted MRs is
                         placed in the comment section of the delta commentary
                         and preceded by a comment line stating that they were
                         deleted.

                         If -m is not used and the standard input is a
                         terminal, the prompt MRs? is issued on the standard
                         output before the standard input is read; if the
                         standard input is not a terminal, no prompt is
                         issued.  The MRs? prompt always precedes the


                         comments? prompt (see -y keyletter).

                         MRs in a list are separated by blanks and/or tab
                         characters.  An unescaped new-line character
                         terminates the MR list.

                         Note that if the v flag has a value (see admin(1)),
                         it is taken to be the name of a program (or shell
                         procedure) which validates the correctness of the MR
                         numbers.  If a non-zero exit status is returned from
                         the MR number validation program, cdc terminates and
                         the delta commentary remains unchanged.

          -y[comment]    Arbitrary text used to replace the comment(s) already
                         existing for the delta specified by the -r keyletter.
                         The previous comments are kept and preceded by a
                         comment line stating that they were changed.  A null
                         comment has no effect.

                         If -y is not specified and the standard input is a
                         terminal, the prompt comments? is issued on the
                         standard output before the standard input is read; if
                         the standard input is not a terminal, no prompt is
                         issued.  An unescaped new-line character terminates
                         the comment text.

     Simply stated, the keyletter arguments are either (1) if you made the
     delta, you can change its delta commentary; or (2) if you own the file
     and directory you can modify the delta commentary.

EXAMPLES
          cdc -r1.6 -m"bl78-12345 !bl77-54321 bl79-00001" -ytrouble s.file

     adds bl78-12345 and bl79-00001 to the MR list, removes bl77-54321 from
     the MR list, and adds the comment trouble to delta 1.6 of s.file.

          cdc -r1.6 s.file
          MRs? !bl77-54321 bl78-12345 bl79-00001
          comments? trouble

     does the same thing.

WARNINGS
     If SCCS filenames are supplied to the cdc command via the standard input
     (- on the command line), then the -m and -y keyletters must also be used.

FILES
     x-file    (see delta(1))
     z-file    (see delta(1))


SEE ALSO
     admin(1), delta(1), get(1), help(1), prs(1), sccsfile(4).

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use help(1) for explanations.


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