Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!cod!dberg From: dberg@cod.NOSC.MIL (David I. Berg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: RCS and SCCS Message-ID: <1134@cod.NOSC.MIL> Date: 28 Jun 88 16:14:24 GMT References: <890@fig.bbn.com> <710@ubu.warwick.UUCP> Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 11 In article <710@ubu.warwick.UUCP>, maujd@warwick.UUCP (Geoff Rimmer) writes: > Which out of RCS and SCCS do people prefer? .......... > ..... What are the good and bad points of each system? > I have used both systems, depending on which was available on the particular computer I was using. I find RCS particularly easier to use than SCCS. In fact, in one case, I converted all my SCCS files to RCS using the sccstorcs utility. Another feature of RCS is that it stores the current version of your file and the changes backward to the original, whereas SCCS stores the original version of your file and the changes forward to the current. Therefore, it will take SCCS a trifle longer to produce the current version than RCS.