RCS not working...how do I reinstall?

Jon Radel jon at radel.com
Wed Feb 25 20:59:40 PST 2009


Antonio Rieser wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I try to use the RCS version controll system, I have the
> following problems.  Suppose I have a file called 'foo', and I run the
> command,
> 
>> ci foo
> ... (success)...
> 
>> co foo
> 
> Then the version of foo that (I thought) I checked out is not
> writable.  Furthermore, if I now type
> 
>> ci foo

If you want to have foo writable and ready for changes, you need to lock 
it.  Try:

co -l foo

I suggest you read up on the -u and -l options in the man pages.  The 
commands I use most often personally are:

ci -u foo
co -l foo

-- 

--Jon Radel
jon at radel.com
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