Re: need help understanding underlying file format for cvs

[Larry Jones]

Ronald Petty writes:
> 
> Thank you for the input.  So basically if implement a parser of the
> grammer that is in "man rcsfile" I should be ok to make a cvs repository
> viewer?

Yep.

> If that is the case (sorry this is all new to me, well making a cvs
> viewer/parser) could someone point me to where the file diff/patch is
> described.  I manually added and changed things and committed them, then
> by hand reconstructed the file following a3 2, d1 etc etc... I think I
> have it figured out but I would feel alot better if I read something
> "official".

Check out the GNU diff manual:

        <http://www.gnu.org/manual/diffutils/html_node/RCS.html#RCS>

-Larry Jones

I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. -- Calvin