CI(1)

NAME
ci - check in RCS revisions

SYNOPSIS
ci [-qV] [-d[date]] [-f[rev]] [-I[rev]] [-i[rev]] [-j[rev]] [-k[rev]] [-l[rev]] [-M[rev]] [-mmsg] [-Nsymbol] [-nsymbol] [-r[rev]] [-sstate] [-t[str]] [-u[rev]] [-wusername] [-xsuffixes] [-ztz] file ...

DESCRIPTION
The ci program is used to check in new revisions to RCS files.

When a file is checked in, it is stored in the RCS directory with a specific revision number, and the original file itself is deleted. The RCS file is stored with the same name, but with ‘,v’ appended. ci will prompt for a check-in message, to be stored with the file, which can be displayed using rlog(1).

Revision numbering starts at 1.1 and increases logically. Numbering can be altered using the -k option, however. The ‘,v’ suffix can also be altered, using the -x option.

ci also supports keyword substitution – see the rcs(1) man page for more information.

The following options are supported:

-d[date]
    Uses date for check-in date and time. If date is not specified, use the working file's last modification time.

-f[rev]
    Force check-in – even if no changes have been made to the working file.

-I[rev]
    Interactive mode.

-i[rev]
    Only do initial check-in. Print error and refuse to do check-in if the RCS file already exists.

-j[rev]
    Only do update check-in. Print error and refuse to do check-in if the RCS file does not already exist.

-k[rev]
    Search the working file for keywords and set the revision number, creation date, state and author to the values found in these keywords instead of computing them.

-l[rev]
    The same as -r, but also immediately checks out the deposited revision and locks it. This is useful if you wish to continue to edit the working file after check-in.

-M[rev]
    Set the modification time of the file to the date of the retrieved revision.

-mmsg
    Specify a log message. A line beginning with a hash character (‘#’) is considered a comment and ignored.

-Nsymbol
    Assign the symbolic name symbol to the checked in revision, overwriting any previous assignment of symbol.

-nsymbol
    The same as -N except it does not overwrite previous symbols.

-q  Be quiet about reporting.

-r[rev]
    Check in revision rev. However, if rev is not specified the meaning is completely different – override any -l or -u options, ensuring the default behaviour of releasing a lock and removing the working file.

-sstate
    Sets the state of the deposited revision to the identifier state. The specified value may not contain a space character.

-t[str]
    Change the descriptive text. The argument str is interpreted as the name of a file containing the descriptive text or, if prefixed with a ‘-’, the actual descriptive text itself. If no argument is given, this option is ignored (for compatibility reasons).

-u[rev]
    The same as -r, but also immediately checks out the deposited revision read-only. Useful if you wish to read the working file after check-in.

-V  Print RCS's version number.

-wusername
    Uses username as the author field of the deposited revision.

-xsuffixes
    Specifies the suffixes for RCS files. Suffixes should be separated by the ‘/’ character.

-ztz
    Specify the date output format in keyword substitution, and the default time zone for date used in the -d option.

ENVIRONMENT

RCSINIT
    If set, this variable should contain a list of space-delimited options that are prepended to the argument list.

TMPDIR
    When set, this variable specifies the directory where temporary files are to be created. The default is set to /tmp.

EXIT STATUS

SEE ALSO
co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1)