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NAME
prs — print an SCCS file (DEVELOPMENT)
SYNOPSIS
prs [-a] [-d dataspec] [-r[SID]] file...
prs [-e|-l] -c cutoff [-d dataspec] file...
prs [-e|-l] -r[SID] [-d dataspec] file...
DESCRIPTION
The prs utility shall write to standard output parts or all of an SCCS file in a user-supplied format.
OPTIONS
The prs utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 12.2, Utility
Syntax Guidelines, except that the -r option has an optional option-argument. This optional option-
argument cannot be presented as a separate argument. The following options shall be supported:
-d dataspec
Specify the output data specification. The dataspec shall be a string consisting of SCCS file
data keywords (see Data Keywords) interspersed with optional user-supplied text.
-r[SID] Specify the SCCS identification string (SID) of a delta for which information is desired. If no
SID option-argument is specified, the SID of the most recently created delta shall be assumed.
-e Request information for all deltas created earlier than and including the delta designated via
the -r option or the date-time given by the -c option.
-l Request information for all deltas created later than and including the delta designated via
the -r option or the date-time given by the -c option.
-c cutoff Indicate the cutoff date-time, in the form:
YY[MM[DD[HH[MM[SS]]]]]
For the YY component, values in the range [69,99] shall refer to years 1969 to 1999 inclusive,
and values in the range [00,68] shall refer to years 2000 to 2068 inclusive.
Note: It is expected that in a future version of this standard the default century inferred
from a 2-digit year will change. (This would apply to all commands accepting a
2-digit year as input.)
No changes (deltas) to the SCCS file that were created after the specified cutoff date-time
shall be included in the output. Units omitted from the date-time default to their maximum
possible values; for example, -c 7502 is equivalent to -c 750228235959.
-a Request writing of information for both removed—that is, delta type=R (see rmdel)—and existing—
that is, delta type=D,—deltas. If the -a option is not specified, information for existing
deltas only shall be provided.
OPERANDS
The following operand shall be supported:
file A pathname of an existing SCCS file or a directory. If file is a directory, the prs utility
shall behave as though each file in the directory were specified as a named file, except that
non-SCCS files (last component of the pathname does not begin with s.) and unreadable files
shall be silently ignored.
If exactly one file operand appears, and it is '-', the standard input shall be read; each line
of the standard input shall be taken to be the name of an SCCS file to be processed. Non-SCCS
files and unreadable files shall be silently ignored.
STDIN
The standard input shall be a text file used only when the file operand is specified as '-'. Each line
of the text file shall be interpreted as an SCCS pathname.
INPUT FILES
Any SCCS files displayed are files of an unspecified format.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of prs:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the
Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables the
precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale
categories.)
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization
variables.
LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters
(for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error.
NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
The standard output shall be a text file whose format is dependent on the data keywords specified with
the -d option.
Data Keywords
Data keywords specify which parts of an SCCS file shall be retrieved and output. All parts of an SCCS
file have an associated data keyword. A data keyword may appear in a dataspec multiple times.
The information written by prs shall consist of:
1. The user-supplied text
2. Appropriate values (extracted from the SCCS file) substituted for the recognized data keywords in the
order of appearance in the dataspec
The format of a data keyword value shall either be simple ('S'), in which keyword substitution is direct,
or multi-line ('M').
User-supplied text shall be any text other than recognized data keywords. A <tab> shall be specified by
'\t' and <newline> by '\n'. When the -r option is not specified, the default dataspec shall be:
:PN::\n\n
and the following dataspec shall be used for each selected delta:
:Dt:\t:DL:\nMRs:\n:MR:COMMENTS:\n:C:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SCCS File Data Keywords │
├─────────┬────────────────────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────────┬────────┤
│ Keyword │ Data Item │ File Section │ Value │ Format │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────┼────────┤
│ :Dt: │ Delta information │ Delta Table │ See below* │ S │
│ :DL: │ Delta line statistics │ " │ :Li:/:Ld:/:Lu: │ S │
│ :Li: │ Lines inserted by Delta │ " │ nnnnn*** │ S │
│ :Ld: │ Lines deleted by Delta │ " │ nnnnn*** │ S │
│ :Lu: │ Lines unchanged by Delta │ " │ nnnnn*** │ S │
│ :DT: │ Delta type │ " │ D or R │ S │
│ :I: │ SCCS ID string (SID) │ " │ See below** │ S │
│ :R: │ Release number │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ :L: │ Level number │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ :B: │ Branch number │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ :S: │ Sequence number │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ :D: │ Date delta created │ " │ :Dy:/:Dm:/:Dd: │ S │
│ :Dy: │ Year delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :Dm: │ Month delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :Dd: │ Day delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :T: │ Time delta created │ " │ :Th:::Tm:::Ts: │ S │
│ :Th: │ Hour delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :Tm: │ Minutes delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :Ts: │ Seconds delta created │ " │ nn │ S │
│ :P: │ Programmer who created Delta │ " │ logname │ S │
│ :DS: │ Delta sequence number │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ :DP: │ Predecessor Delta sequence │ " │ nnnn │ S │
│ │ number │ │ │ │
│ :DI: │ Sequence number of deltas │ " │ :Dn:/:Dx:/:Dg: │ S │
│ │ included, excluded, or ignored │ │ │ │
│ :Dn: │ Deltas included (sequence #) │ " │ :DS: :DS: ... │ S │
│ :Dx: │ Deltas excluded (sequence #) │ " │ :DS: :DS: ... │ S │
│ :Dg: │ Deltas ignored (sequence #) │ " │ :DS: :DS: ... │ S │
│ :MR: │ MR numbers for delta │ " │ text │ M │
│ :C: │ Comments for delta │ " │ text │ M │
│ :UN: │ User names │ User Names │ text │ M │
│ :FL: │ Flag list │ Flags │ text │ M │
│ :Y: │ Module type flag │ " │ text │ S │
│ :MF: │ MR validation flag │ " │ yes or no │ S │
│ :MP: │ MR validation program name │ " │ text │ S │
│ :KF: │ Keyword error, warning flag │ " │ yes or no │ S │
│ :KV: │ Keyword validation string │ " │ text │ S │
│ :BF: │ Branch flag │ " │ yes or no │ S │
│ :J: │ Joint edit flag │ " │ yes or no │ S │
│ :LK: │ Locked releases │ " │ :R: ... │ S │
│ :Q: │ User-defined keyword │ " │ text │ S │
│ :M: │ Module name │ " │ text │ S │
│ :FB: │ Floor boundary │ " │ :R: │ S │
│ :CB: │ Ceiling boundary │ " │ :R: │ S │
│ :Ds: │ Default SID │ " │ :I: │ S │
│ :ND: │ Null delta flag │ " │ yes or no │ S │
│ :FD: │ File descriptive text │ Comments │ text │ M │
│ :BD: │ Body │ Body │ text │ M │
│ :GB: │ Gotten body │ " │ text │ M │
│ :W: │ A form of what string │ N/A │ :Z::M:\t:I: │ S │
│ :A: │ A form of what string │ N/A │ :Z::Y: :M: :I::Z: │ S │
│ :Z: │ what string delimiter │ N/A │ @(#) │ S │
│ :F: │ SCCS filename │ N/A │ text │ S │
│ :PN: │ SCCS file pathname │ N/A │ text │ S │
└─────────┴────────────────────────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────────┴────────┘
* :Dt:=:DT: :I: :D: :T: :P: :DS: :DP:
** :R:.:L:.:B:.:S: if the delta is a branch delta (:BF:==yes)
:R:.:L: if the delta is not a branch delta (:BF:==no)
*** The line statistics are capped at 99999. For example, if 100000 lines were unchanged in a certain
revision, :Lu: shall produce the value 99999.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
1. The following example:
prs -d "User Names for :F: are:\n:UN:" s.file
might write to standard output:
User Names for s.file are:
xyz
131
abc
2. The following example:
prs -d "Delta for pgm :M:: :I: - :D: By :P:" -r s.file
might write to standard output:
Delta for pgm main.c: 3.7 - 77/12/01 By cas
3. As a special case:
prs s.file
might write to standard output:
s.file:
<blank line>
D 1.1 77/12/01 00:00:00 cas 1 000000/00000/00000
MRs:
bl78-12345
bl79-54321
COMMENTS:
this is the comment line for s.file initial delta
<blank line>
for each delta table entry of the D type. The only option allowed to be used with this special case
is the -a option.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
admin, delta, get, what
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, Section 12.2, Utility
Syntax Guidelines
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