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rlog(1)
Free Software Foundation
NAME
  rlog - print log messages and other information about RCS files

SYNOPSIS
  rlog [options] file...

DESCRIPTION
  rlog prints information about RCS files.

  Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote
  working files. Names are paired as explained in ci(1).

  rlog prints the following information for each RCS file: RCS pathname,
  working pathname, head (i.e., the number of the latest revision on the
  trunk), default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, suffix, total
  number of revisions, number of revisions selected for printing, and
  descriptive text.  This is followed by entries for the selected revisions
  in reverse chronological order for each branch.  For each revision, rlog
  prints revision number, author, date/time, state, number of lines
  added/deleted (with respect to the previous revision), locker of the
  revision (if any), and log message. All times are displayed in Coordinated
  Universal Time (UTC). Without options, rlog prints complete information.
  The options below restrict this output.

  -L  Ignore RCS files that have no locks set. This is convenient in
      combination with -h, -l, and -R.

  -R  Print only the name of the RCS file. This is convenient for translating
      a working pathname into an RCS pathname.

  -h  Print only the RCS pathname, working pathname, head, default branch,
      access list, locks, symbolic names, and suffix.

  -t  Print the same as -h, plus the descriptive text.

  -b  Print information about the revisions on the default branch, normally
      the highest branch on the trunk.

  -ddates
      Print information about revisions with a checkin date/time in the
      ranges given by the semicolon-separated list of dates. A range of the
      form d1<d2 or d2>d1 selects the revisions that were deposited between
      d1 and d2 inclusive.  A range of the form <d or d> selects all
      revisions dated d or earlier. A range of the form d< or >d selects all
      revisions dated d or later. A range of the form d selects the single,
      latest revision dated d or earlier. The date/time strings d, d1, and d2
      are in the free format explained in co(1). Quoting is normally
      necessary, especially for < and >. Note that the separator is a
      semicolon.

  -l[lockers]
      Print information about locked revisions only. In addition, if the
      comma-separated list lockers of login names is given, ignore all locks
      other than those held by the lockers. For example, rlog -L -R -lwft
      RCS/* prints the name of RCS files locked by the user wft.

  -r[revisions]
      prints information about revisions given in the comma-separated list
      revisions of revisions and ranges. A range rev1:rev2 means revisions
      rev1 to rev2 on the same branch, :rev means revisions from the
      beginning of the branch up to and including rev, and rev: means
      revisions starting with rev to the end of the branch containing rev. An
      argument that is a branch means all revisions on that branch. A range
      of branches means all revisions on the branches in that range. A branch
      followed by a . means the latest revision in that branch. A bare -r
      with no revisions means the latest revision on the default branch,
      normally the trunk.

  -sstates
      prints information about revisions whose state attributes match one of
      the states given in the comma-separated list states.

  -w[logins]
      prints information about revisions checked in by users with login names
      appearing in the comma-separated list logins.  If logins is omitted,
      the user's login is assumed.

  -Vn Emulate RCS version n when generating logs. See co(1) for more.

  -xsuffixes
      Use suffixes to characterize RCS files. See ci(1) for details.

  rlog prints the intersection of the revisions selected with the options -d,
  -l, -s, and -w, intersected with the union of the revisions selected by -b
  and -r.

RESTRICTIONS
  The separator for revision ranges in the -r option used to be - instead of
  :, but this leads to confusion when symbolic names contain -.	 For
  backwards compatibility rlog -r still supports the old - separator, but it
  warns about this obsolete use.

EXAMPLES
       rlog -L -R RCS/*
       rlog -L -h RCS/*
       rlog -L -l RCS/*
       rlog RCS/*

  The first command prints the names of all RCS files in the subdirectory RCS
  that have locks.  The second command prints the headers of those files, and
  the third prints the headers plus the log messages of the locked revisions.
  The last command prints complete information.

ENVIRONMENT
  RCSINIT
      options prepended to the argument list, separated by spaces.  See ci(1)
      for details.

DIAGNOSTICS
  The exit status is zero if and only if all operations were successful.

IDENTIFICATION
  Author: Walter F. Tichy.
  Revision Number: 1.1.6.2; Release Date: 1993/10/07.
  Copyright  1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
  Copyright  1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
  ci(1), co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1),
  rcsfile(5)

  Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software--Practice &
  Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

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