Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!killer!vector!rpp386!pigs!haugj From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: RCS and SCCS Summary: OK, so what does an RCS file look like??? Message-ID: <214@pigs.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 21:46:14 GMT References: <890@fig.bbn.com> <710@ubu.warwick.UUCP> <661@pyuxe.UUCP> <29975@cca.CCA.COM> Organization: Big "D" Oil and Gas Lines: 23 In article <29975@cca.CCA.COM>, g-rh@cca.CCA.COM (Richard Harter) writes: > It is true, however, that there is, in principle, a signifigant performance > advantage for the RCS scheme versus the SCCS scheme. SCCS must process > all lines including those not currently active; RCS need only process those > that are currently active. Furthermore RCS does not need to do any processing > on the line other than copying it out; SCCS has to check the control data > for the line. On the other hand, RCS pays a penalty if the version being > extracted is not the latest. > -- > Richard Harter, SMDS Inc. [ In the Oil Fields of HELL, Where the drought grows long and HOT ] OK - I'll bite, and I'm sure others will also. What exactly does an RCS file look like. I'm a die-hard SCCS junkie. How about a few specific examples for those of us without RCS or RCS documentation. - John. -- The Beach Bum Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers UUCP: ...!killer!rpp386!jfh jfh@rpp386.uucp :SMAILERS "You are in a twisty little maze of UUCP connections, all alike" -- fortune