Chapter 2: Usage 15

--aliases
Display a list of command aliases and exit successfully.
--help command
Display help for a particular command and exit successfully. For example, to
display help for the legacy interface, use:
--help frob

2.6.2 legacy
rcs frob [options] file ...
(or “rcs” instead of “rcs frob”)
This rcs usage performs various administrative operations on the RCS file, depending on
the options given.
-i Create and initialize a new RCS file.
-L Set strict locking.
-U Set non-strict locking.
-M Don’t send mail when breaking someone else’s lock.
-T Preserve the modification time on the RCS file unless a revision is removed.
-I
-q See Section 2.1.6 [Misc common options], page 9.
-alogins Append logins (comma-separated list of usernames) to access-list.
-e[logins]
Erase logins (comma-separated list of usernames) from access-list. If logins is
omitted, clear the access-list.
-Afile-name
Append access-list of file-name to current access-list.
-b[rev] Set default branch to that of rev or highest branch on trunk if rev is omitted.
-l[rev] Lock a revision.
-u[rev] Unlock a revision.
-cstring Set comment leader to string. NB: Don’t use; obsolete.
-ksubst See Section 2.1.4 [Substitution mode option], page 8.
-mrev:[msg]
Replace log message with msg. See Section 2.1.5 [Log message option], page 9.
-nname[:[rev]]
If :rev is omitted, delete symbolic name. Otherwise, associate name with rev;
name must be new.
-Nname[:[rev]]
Like -n, but overwrite any previous assignment.
-orange Delete (also known as “outdate”) revisions in range: