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rcsfile(4)                     DG/UX R4.11MU05                    rcsfile(4)


NAME
       rcsfile - format of RCS file

DESCRIPTION
       An RCS file's contents are described by the grammar below.

       The text is free format: space, backspace, tab, newline, vertical
       tab, form feed, and carriage return (collectively, white space) have
       no significance except in strings.  However, an RCS file must end in
       a newline character.

       Strings are enclosed by @.  If a string contains a @, it must be
       doubled; otherwise, strings may contain arbitrary binary data.

       The meta syntax uses the following conventions: `|' (bar) separates
       alternatives; `{' and `}' enclose optional phrases; `{' and `}*'
       enclose phrases that may be repeated zero or more times; `{' and '}+'
       enclose phrases that must appear at least once and may be repeated;
       Terminal symbols are in boldface; nonterminal symbols are in italics.

       rcstext    ::=  admin {delta}* desc {deltatext}*

       admin      ::=  head       {num};
                       { branch   {num}; }
                       access     {id}*;
                       symbols    {id : num}*;
                       locks      {id : num}*;  {strict  ;}
                       { comment  {string}; }
                       { expand   {string}; }
                       { newphrase }*

       delta      ::=  num
                       date       num;
                       author     id;
                       state      {id};
                       branches   {num}*;
                       next       {num};
                       { newphrase }*

       desc       ::=  desc       string

       deltatext  ::=  num
                       log        string
                       { newphrase }*
                       text       string

       num        ::=  {digit{.}}+

       digit      ::=  0 | 1 | ... | 9

       id         ::=  letter{idchar}*

       letter     ::=  any letter

       idchar     ::=  any visible graphic character except special

       special    ::=  $ | , | . | : | ; | @

       string     ::=  @{any character, with @ doubled}*@

       newphrase  ::=  id word* ;

       word       ::=  id | num | string | :

       Identifiers are case sensitive.  Keywords are in lower case only.
       The sets of keywords and identifiers may overlap.  In most
       environments RCS uses the ISO 8859/1 encoding: letters are octal
       codes 101-132, 141-172, 300-326, 330-366 and 370-377, visible graphic
       characters are codes 041-176 and 240-377, and white space characters
       are codes 010-015 and 040.

       The newphrase productions in the grammar are reserved for future
       extensions to the format of RCS files.  No newphrase will begin with
       any keyword already in use.

       The delta nodes form a tree.  All nodes whose numbers consist of a
       single pair (e.g., 2.3, 2.1, 1.3, etc.)  are on the trunk, and are
       linked through the next field in order of decreasing numbers.  The
       head field in the admin node points to the head of that sequence
       (i.e., contains the highest pair).  The branch node in the admin node
       indicates the default branch (or revision) for most RCS operations.
       If empty, the default branch is the highest branch on the trunk.

       All delta nodes whose numbers consist of 2n fields (n>=2) (e.g.,
       3.1.1.1, 2.1.2.2, etc.)  are linked as follows.  All nodes whose
       first 2n-1 number fields are identical are linked through the next
       field in order of increasing numbers.  For each such sequence, the
       delta node whose number is identical to the first 2n-2 number fields
       of the deltas on that sequence is called the branchpoint.  The
       branches field of a node contains a list of the numbers of the first
       nodes of all sequences for which it is a branchpoint.  This list is
       ordered in increasing numbers.

       Example:

                                  Head
                                    |
                                    |
                                    v                        / \
                                ---------                   /   \
          / \          / \      |       |      / \         /     \
         /   \        /   \     |  2.1  |     /   \       /       \
        /     \      /     \    |       |    /     \     /         \
       /1.2.1.3\    /1.3.1.1\   |       |   /1.2.2.2\   /1.2.2.1.1.1\
       ---------    ---------   ---------   ---------   -------------
           ^            ^           |           ^             ^
           |            |           |           |             |
           |            |           v           |             |
          / \           |       ---------      / \            |
         /   \          |       \  1.3  /     /   \           |
        /     \         ---------\     /     /     \-----------
       /1.2.1.1\                  \   /     /1.2.2.1\
       ---------                   \ /      ---------
           ^                        |           ^
           |                        |           |
           |                        v           |
           |                    ---------       |
           |                    \  1.2  /       |
           ----------------------\     /---------
                                  \   /
                                   \ /
                                    |
                                    |
                                    v
                                ---------
                                \  1.1  /
                                 \     /
                                  \   /
                                   \ /

                              Fig. 1: A revision tree


IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN,
       47907.
       Revision Number: 1997/10/18; Release Date: 08:52:05.
       Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
       Copyright © 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
       ci(1), co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1),
       Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software­
       --Practice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.


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