rlog - print log messages and other information about RCS
files
SYNOPSIS
rlog [ options ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
rlog prints information about RCS files.
Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all
others denote working files. Names are paired as
explained in ci(1).
rlog prints the following information for each RCS file:
RCS 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 revi-
sions, 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 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 dis-
played in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Without
options, rlog prints complete information. The options
below restrict this output.
-L Ignore RCS files that have no locks set. This is con-
venient in combination with -h, -l, and -R.
-R Print only the name of the RCS file. This is conve-
nient for translating a working pathname into an RCS
pathname.
-h Print only the RCS pathname, working pathname, head,
default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names,
and suffix.
-t Print the same as -h, plus the descriptive text.
-b Print information about the revisions on the default
branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
-ddates
Print information about revisions with a checkin
date/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
between d1 and 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
strings d, d1, and d2 are in the free format explained
in co(1). Quoting is normally necessary, especially
for < and >. Note that the separator is a semicolon.
-l[lockers]
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[revisions]
prints 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
prints information about revisions whose state
attributes match one of the states given in the comma-
separated list states.
-w[logins]
prints 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.
-Vn Emulate RCS version n when generating logs. See co(1)
for more.
-xsuffixes
Use suffixes to characterize RCS files. See ci(1) for
details.
rlog 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
rlog -L -R RCS/*
rlog -L -h RCS/*
rlog -L -l RCS/*
subdirectory RCS 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.
ENVIRONMENT
RCSINIT
options prepended to the argument list, separated
by spaces. See ci(1) for details.
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit status is zero if and only if all operations were
successful.
IDENTIFICATION
Author: Walter F. Tichy.
Revision Number: 5.3; Release Date: 1991/08/22.
Copyright (C) 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.
SEE ALSO
ci(1), co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1),
rcsmerge(1), rcsfile(5)
Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control,
Software--Practice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985),
637-654.
BUGS
The separator for revision ranges in the -r option used to
be - instead of :, but this leads to confusion when sym-
bolic names contain -. For backwards compatibility rlog
-r still supports the old - separator, but it warns about
this obsolete use.