Re: Editing RCS log message?

[Colin Brough]

> Hello.  I'm trying to edit several RCS log messages using the command:
> 
>     rcs -m115.6:'This is a test.' Test.java
> 
> but it will not accept the string 'This is a test.' as valid input and
> just replaces the log message with "This".
> 
> Does anyone know how I can get this to work?  Taking a file as input
> would also be helpful.

I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but it works for me!

    > rlog instruct.tex
    ...
    ----------------------------
    revision 1.2
    date: 1995/06/24 12:16:58;  author: cmb;  state: Exp;  lines: +26 -3
    More thorough.
    ----------------------------
   
**  > rcs -m1.2:'Make instructions more thorough' instruct.tex
    > rlog instruct.tex
    ...
    ----------------------------
    revision 1.2
    date: 1995/06/24 12:16:58;  author: cmb;  state: Exp;  lines: +26 -3
    Make instructions more thorough
    ----------------------------

I'm on Linux, bash 1.14.7(1), I think the rcs is version 5.7.

    > ident `which rcs`
   /usr/bin/rcs:
        $Id: rcsbase.h,v 5.20 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcs.c,v 5.21 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcslex.c,v 5.19 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcssyn.c,v 5.15 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsrev.c,v 5.10 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsutil.c,v 5.20 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsgen.c,v 5.16 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsedit.c,v 5.19 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcskeys.c,v 5.4 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsmap.c,v 5.3 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcsfnms.c,v 5.16 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcskeep.c,v 5.10 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: maketime.c,v 5.11 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: partime.c,v 5.13 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $
        $Id: rcstime.c,v 1.4 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $

Cheers

Colin

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Colin Brough                               address@hidden