.Id $Id: rlog.1,v 5.3 1991/08/22 06:50:48 eggert Exp $
rlog \- print log messages and other information about RCS files
.RI [ " options " ] " file " .\|.\|.
prints information about \*r files.
Pathnames matching an \*r suffix denote \*r files;
all others denote working files.
Names are paired as explained in
prints the following information for each
\*r file: \*r pathname, working pathname, head (i.e., the number
of the latest revision on the trunk), default branch, access list, locks,
symbolic names, suffix, total number of revisions,
number of revisions selected for printing, and
descriptive text. This is followed by entries for the selected revisions in
reverse chronological order for each branch. For each revision,
prints revision number, author, date/time, state, number of
lines added/deleted (with respect to the previous revision),
locker of the revision (if any), and log message.
All times are displayed in Coordinated Universal Time (\*g).
prints complete information.
The options below restrict this output.
.nr n \w'\f3\-V\fP\f2n\fP '+1n-1/1n
Ignore \*r files that have no locks set.
This is convenient in combination with
Print only the name of the \*r file.
This is convenient for translating a
working pathname into an \*r pathname.
Print only the \*r pathname, working pathname, head,
default branch, access list, locks,
symbolic names, and suffix.
plus the descriptive text.
Print information about the revisions on the default branch, normally
the highest branch on the trunk.
Print information about revisions with a checkin date/time in the ranges given by
the semicolon-separated list of
selects the revisions that were deposited between
selects the single, latest revision dated
are in the free format explained in
Quoting is normally necessary, especially for
Note that the separator is
Print information about locked revisions only.
In addition, if the comma-separated list
ignore all locks other than those held by the
.B "rlog\ \-L\ \-R\ \-lwft\ RCS/*"
prints the name of \*r files locked by the user
.BR \-r [\f2revisions\fP]
prints information about revisions given in the comma-separated list
means revisions from the beginning of the branch up to and including
means revisions starting with
to the end of the branch containing
An argument that is a branch means all
revisions on that branch.
A range of branches means all revisions
on the branches in that range.
means the latest revision in that branch.
means the latest revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.
prints information about revisions whose state attributes match one of the
states given in the comma-separated list
prints information about revisions checked in by users with
login names appearing in the comma-separated list
is omitted, the user's login is assumed.
to characterize \*r files.
prints the intersection of the revisions selected with
with the union of the revisions selected by
The first command prints the names of all \*r files in the subdirectory
that have locks. The second command prints the headers of those files,
and the third prints the headers plus the log messages of the locked revisions.
The last command prints complete information.
options prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces.
The exit status is zero if and only if all operations were successful.
Revision Number: \*(Rv; Release Date: \*(Dt.
Copyright \(co 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
Copyright \(co 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.
ci(1), co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1),
\*r\*-A System for Version Control,
.I "Software\*-Practice & Experience"
The separator for revision ranges in the
but this leads to confusion when symbolic names contain
For backwards compatibility
separator, but it warns about this obsolete use.