Rcs Keywords

The RevisionControlSystem manages and keeps certain strings embedded in code up to date. It can provide information about the current, path, latest developer, dates, and times. To add your first keywords, put a dollar sign on each side of the word, as in $Header$ -- the table below shows the keyword and what it automatically expands to:

 keyword  result
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 Author   ChrisGarrod
 Date     1995-09-07 09:48:33-07
 Header   /net/dbs/RCS/RcsKeywords,v 1.4 1995-09-07 09:48:33-07 ChrisGarrod Exp
 Id       RcsKeywords,v 1.4 1995-09-07 09:48:33-07 ChrisGarrod Exp
 Locker
 RCSfile  RcsKeywords,v
 Revision 1.4
 Source   /net/dbs/RCS/RcsKeywords,v
 State    Exp
 Log      RcsKeywords,v
 Log      Revision 1.4  1995-09-07 09:48:33-07  ChrisGarrod
 Log      mv comments to end of this file
 Log
 Log-cmt  # Revision 1.3  1995/09/07  16:44:43  ChrisGarrod
 Log-cmt  # enclose keywords in $ signs; e.g. $Keyword$ (no colon)

My favorite is the $Header$ since it embodies Source, Revision, Date, Locker, and other information. Note that the time listed in Date is in GMT with the local offset. If you want to see local times, set your environmental variable RCSINIT to -zLT

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