NAME

freezepttool − generate or translate SCCS Mergeable delta IDs for lists of files

SYNOPSIS

freezepttool

DESCRIPTION

freezepttool is a graphical user interface that reads SCCS files and computes SCCS Mergeable IDs (SMIDs) for the deltas in each file using the Xerox Secure Hash Function.  A SMID consists of four eight-digit hexadecimal numbers.  At any point in time, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the SMIDs and SIDs for all the deltas in a given source file.  Source files that are manipulated by the Code Manager commands bringover(1) and resolve(1) may have their SIDs renumbered over time, but the SMIDs for the deltas do not change. 

freezepttool defines a source file to be a file filename with a corresponding SCCS file found in ./SCCS/s.filename. 

To start freezepttool, type freezepttool at a shell prompt. When freezepttool starts, the Workspace field is initialized with the value of the shell environment variable CODEMGR_WS if it is set.  If not, and if the current directory is contained within a workspace, then the Workspace field is initialized with the containing workspace.  All file names in the freezepoint file are relative to the workspace. 

To create a list of directories and files that you want archived in a freezepoint file, select the Load button which brings up a File Chooser.  Use this point-and-click chooser to create a list of directories and files in the Directories and Files pane. 

The default name of the freezepoint file is freezept.out.  If you want a different name, edit the Freezepoint field. 

To create the freezepoint, choose the Create button. 

A freezepoint file contains one line per source file and identifies the current default delta for that source file.  Identification is not done using SCCS SIDs, because they may be renumbered by Code Manager operations.  Instead, deltas are identified by SCCS Mergeable IDs, (SMIDs) that do not change even when the SIDs are renumbered.  See freezepointfile(5) for more information. 

To extract a freezepoint, change the Category to Extract and fill in the Freezepoint and the Destination Directory fields.  If the Workspace field is not filled in, the workspace name stored in the freezepoint file will be used.  The Destination Directory must specify an empty or new directory. 

Choosing the Extract button causes a series of sccs get operations to be performed on the source files listed in the freezepoint file.  The version of each file extracted is the version specified by the SMID on its line in the freezepoint file. 

Note that the workspace used to perform an extract operation need not be the same workspace that was originally used to create the freezepoint file.  Any copy or descendant of the original workspace that contains all the source files listed in the freezepoint file will work. 

Files that have been renamed cause errors when they are encountered during extraction.  The freezepoint file does contain enough information to verify that each file found by name is the same file that held that name when the freezepoint was created.  This information can be used by users of the command-line program freezept(1) to track down renamed files and positively identify the desired files and extract the desired deltas.  See freezepointfile(5) for more information. 

SEE ALSO

VersionTool and FreezePoint User’s Guide
freezept(1), freezepointfile(5), bringover(1), resolve(1), sccs(1)

SunOS ProWorks_3.0.1  —  Last change: 08 February 1994