Re: [Newbie Question] Flag records

[Derek R. Price]

"David A. Cobb" wrote:

> I understand from reading here that CVS includes all of RCS, in one way or
> another.
>
> Are lines such as " $ID$  something " and "$DATE$ something" features of RCS?

Yes.  http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_12.html#SEC99


> And how do they get there in the first place?

You type them into your text file.  I suppose if you were creative and had a
large job you could use sed or somesuch.

One of the favorite methods for C programs is to use something like:

    char *mod_date = "$Date$";

though some people place them in comments as well.

Derek

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