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RCSDIFF(1)		     General Commands Manual		      RCSDIFF(1)

NAME
     rcsdiff - compare RCS revisions

SYNOPSIS
     rcsdiff  [ -ksubst ] [ -q ] [ -rrev1 [ -rrev2 ] ] [ -T ] [ -V[n] ] [ -xsuf-
     fixes ] [ -zzone ] [ diff options ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     rcsdiff runs diff(1) to compare two revisions of each RCS file given.

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

     The  option  -q  suppresses diagnostic output.  Zero, one, or two revisions
     may be specified with -r.	The option -ksubst affects keyword  substitution
     when   extracting	 revisions,   as   described   in  co(1);  for	example,
     -kk -r1.1 -r1.2 ignores differences in keyword values when comparing  revi-
     sions  1.1  and 1.2.  To avoid excess output from locker name substitution,
     -kkvl is assumed if (1) at most one revision option is given, (2) no -k op-
     tion is given, (3) -kkv is the default keyword substitution,  and	(4)  the
     working  file's  mode  would  be  produced by co -l.  See co(1) for details
     about -T, -V, -x and -z.  Otherwise, all options of diff(1) that  apply  to
     regular files are accepted, with the same meaning as for diff.

     If  both rev1 and rev2 are omitted, rcsdiff compares the latest revision on
     the default branch (by default the trunk) with the contents of  the  corre-
     sponding  working	file.	This  is useful for determining what you changed
     since the last checkin.

     If rev1 is given, but rev2 is omitted, rcsdiff compares  revision	rev1  of
     the RCS file with the contents of the corresponding working file.

     If  both  rev1 and rev2 are given, rcsdiff compares revisions rev1 and rev2
     of the RCS file.

     Both rev1 and rev2 may be given numerically or symbolically.

EXAMPLE
     The command

	     rcsdiff  f.c

     compares the latest revision on the default branch of the RCS file  to  the
     contents of the working file f.c.

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

DIAGNOSTICS
     Exit status is 0 for no differences during any comparison, 1 for some  dif-
     ferences, 2 for trouble.

IDENTIFICATION
     Author: Walter F. Tichy.
     Manual Page Revision: 5.5; Release Date: 1993/11/03.
     Copyright (C) 1982, 1988, 1989 Walter F. Tichy.
     Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
     ci(1), co(1), diff(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1)
     Walter  F.  Tichy,  RCS--A System for Version Control, Software--Practice &
     Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

GNU				   1993/11/03			      RCSDIFF(1)

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