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diff --git a/development/vic/README b/development/vic/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5b55516a21 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/vic/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Edit a file with RCS + +This archive contains vic which is a simple wrapper around the editor of your +choice to first check the file out of RCS, edit the file, and then checks the +file back into RCS. + +There are safeguards to protect the user if the file is edited outside of RCS, +and allows the user to get the RCS archive back up to date. + +You can edit multiple programs at a time with something like: + vic *.wc + +The editor name is drawn from the environment variables $VISUAL, $EDITOR, or +(if all else fails) "vi". + +Also included is a simple program, show.locks, which shows all of the files +from the current directory which are currently locked. + +If you have files locked, but not currently being edited, you may want to do: + ci -u FILE + chmod a-w FILE |