rlog

NAME

rlog - print log messages and other information about RCS files

SYNOPSIS

rlog [-bhLrt] [-d date] [-l lockers]
	 [-r revisions] [-s states] [-V n]
	 [-w logins] [-x suffixes] file ...

DESCRIPTION

The rlog(1) utility prints information about Revison Control System (RCS) files.

Path names matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote working files. Names are paired as explained in ci(1).

The rlog(1) utility prints the following information for each RCS file: RCS path name, working path name, head (that is, 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, rlog(1) prints revision number, author, date and 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 (UTC). Without options, rlog(1) prints complete information. The options below restrict this output.

Note: Options cannot be catenated: the flag -LR is different from -L -R.

-b

Print information about the revisions on the default branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.

-ddates

Print information about revisions with a check-in date and time in the ranges given by the semicolon-separated list of dates. A range of the form d1<d2 or d2>d1 selects the revisions that were deposited from d1 to d2, inclusive. A range of the form <d or d> selects all revisions dated d or earlier. A range of the form d< or >d selects all revisions dated d or later. A range of the form d selects the single, latest revision dated d or earlier. The date and time strings d, d1, and d2 are in the free format explained in co(1). Quoting is normally necessary, especially for < and >. The separator is a semicolon (;).

-h

Print only the RCS path name, working path name, head, default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and suffix.

-L

Ignore RCS files that have no locks set. This is convenient in combination with -h, -l, and -R.

-llockers

Print information about locked revisions only. In addition, if the comma-separated list lockers of login names is given, ignore all locks other than those held by the lockers. For example, rlog -L -R -lwft RCS/* prints the name of RCS files locked by the user wft.

-R

Print only the name of the RCS file. This is convenient for translating a working path name into an RCS path name.

-rrevisions

Print information about revisions given in the comma-separated list revisions of revisions and ranges. A range rev1:rev2 means revisions rev1 to rev2 on the same branch, :rev means revisions from the beginning of the branch up to and including rev, and rev: means revisions starting with rev to the end of the branch containing rev. 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. A branch followed by a . means the latest revision in that branch. A bare -r with no revisions means the latest revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.

-sstates

Print information about revisions whose state attributes match one of the states given in the comma-separated list states.

-t

Print the same as -h, plus the descriptive text.

-Vn

Emulate RCS version n when generating logs. See co(1) for more.

-wlogins

Print information about revisions checked in by users with login names appearing in the comma-separated list logins. If logins is omitted, the user's login is assumed.

-xsuffixes

Use suffixes to characterize RCS files. See ci(1) for details.

The rlog(1) utility prints the intersection of the revisions selected with the options -d, -l, -s, and -w, intersected with the union of the revisions selected by -b and -r.

EXAMPLES

This command prints the names of all RCS files in the subdirectory RCS that have locks:

$ rlog  -L  -R  RCS/*

To print the headers of those files, use:

$ rlog  -L  -h  RCS/*

To print the headers plus the log messages of the locked revisions, use:

$ rlog  -L  -l  RCS/*

To print complete information about all RCS files in the subdirectory RCS, use:

$ rlog  RCS/*

ENVIRONMENT

RCSINIT

A list of options prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces. See ci(1) for details.

DIAGNOSTICS

The exit status is zero only if all operations were successful.

IDENTIFICATION

Author: Walter F. Tichy.
Revision Number: 1.10; Release Date: 1999/09/23.
Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
Copyright © 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.

BUGS

The separator for revision ranges in the -r option used to be - instead of :, but this leads to confusion when symbolic names contain -. For backwards compatibility rlog -r still supports the old - separator, but it warns about this obsolete use.

SEE ALSO

ci(1)

co(1)

ident(1)

rcs(1)

rcsdiff(1)

rcsmerge(1)