RE: Automate Log message

[Daniel McAferty]

Thanks Aaron,
Your right it does clear alot of things up for me.

the -t- worked great, exactly what I needed.

Thanks,
Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron S. Hawley [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:35 PM
> To: Daniel McAferty
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Automate Log message
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Daniel McAferty wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how to make it so I won't get prompted for a message
> > on the initializing with: rcs -i -kb filename
>
> note: you're not getting prompted for a message but a description.
> descriptions can be specified from the command line with the "-t-" option.
>
> this should clear many a thing up for you.
>
> let us know of any further problems.
> /a
>
> >
> > >From the command line I can check in a file with:
> >
> > ci -m"Log Message" filename
> >
> > My problem is in trying to do the same thing while initializing
> > a binary file.
> >
> > To initiaize a binary file I can type:
> >
> > rcs -i -kb filename
> >
> > Then the system prompts me to type in a log message.
> > I am trying to do this in a batch file and I don't want
> > to have to type in a message for each new file.
> >
> > If I use
> > rcs -i -kb -m"message" filename
> > I get  "rcs: -m lacks revision number"
> >
> > Doco shows I need to use -mrev:message
> > rcs -i -kb -m1.1:"message" filename
> > gives an error "rcs: RCS/filename: RCS file empty". It doesn't
> > matter what I put for revision I get the same message.
> >
> > Can I somehow turn off the message requirement? I can live without it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
>
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