error while checking files in binary mode

[PAIDIGHANTAM, SURESH (HP-India, ex2)]

Hi,

We are using RCS5.7 on HP-UX 11i for version control. We are facing problems when checking word documents; excel files (binary files). (We assume RCS stores these files in binary format).

So when we run the command "ci -kb xyz.doc", we always get the following error:

xyz.doc,v  <--  xyz.doc

ci: xyz.doc: warning: can't find a date

ci: xyz.doc: warning: can't find an author

ci: xyz.doc: warning: can't find a state

ci: xyz.doc,v: Symbolic name `b' is undefined.

We could not get any info on the above error or in the documentation.

Would appreciate if you could, let us know the solution for the above problem.

** How do we handle binary files using RCS? Is there a process to be followed?**

Thanks,

Suresh