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NAME
admin - create and administer SCCS files (DEVELOPMENT)
SYNOPSIS
admin -i[name][-n][-a login][-d flag][-e login][-f flag][-m mrlist]
[-r rel][-t[name][-y[comment]] newfile
admin -n[-a login][-d flag][-e login][-f flag][-m mrlist][-t[name]]
[-y[comment]] newfile ...
admin [-a login][-d flag][-m mrlist][-r rel][-t[name]] file ...
admin -h file ...
admin -z file ...
DESCRIPTION
The admin utility shall create new SCCS files or change parameters of existing ones. If a named file does
not exist, it shall be created, and its parameters shall be initialized according to the specified
options. Parameters not initialized by an option shall be assigned a default value. If a named file does
exist, parameters corresponding to specified options shall be changed, and other parameters shall be left
as is.
All SCCS filenames supplied by the application shall be of the form s.filename. New SCCS files shall be
given read-only permission mode. Write permission in the parent directory is required to create a file.
All writing done by admin shall be to a temporary x-file, named x.filename (see get ) created with read-
only mode if admin is creating a new SCCS file, or created with the same mode as that of the SCCS file if
the file already exists. After successful execution of admin, the SCCS file shall be removed (if it
exists), and the x-file shall be renamed with the name of the SCCS file. This ensures that changes are
made to the SCCS file only if no errors occur.
The admin utility shall also use a transient lock file (named z.filename), which is used to prevent
simultaneous updates to the SCCS file; see get .
OPTIONS
The admin utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2,
Utility Syntax Guidelines, except that the -i, -t, and -y options have optional option-arguments. These
optional option-arguments shall not be presented as separate arguments. The following options are
supported:
-n Create a new SCCS file. When -n is used without -i, the SCCS file shall be created with control
information but without any file data.
-i[name]
Specify the name of a file from which the text for a new SCCS file shall be taken. The text
constitutes the first delta of the file (see the -r option for the delta numbering scheme). If
the -i option is used, but the name option-argument is omitted, the text shall be obtained by
reading the standard input. If this option is omitted, the SCCS file shall be created with control
information but without any file data. The -i option implies the -n option.
-r SID
Specify the SID of the initial delta to be inserted. This SID shall be a trunk SID; that is, the
branch and sequence numbers shall be zero or missing. The level number is optional, and defaults
to 1.
-t[name]
Specify the name of a file from which descriptive text for the SCCS file shall be taken. In the
case of existing SCCS files (neither -i nor -n is specified):
* A -t option without a name option-argument shall cause the removal of descriptive text (if any)
currently in the SCCS file.
* A -t option with a name option-argument shall cause the text (if any) in the named file to
replace the descriptive text (if any) currently in the SCCS file.
-f flag
Specify a flag, and, possibly, a value for the flag, to be placed in the SCCS file. Several -f
options may be supplied on a single admin command line. Implementations shall recognize the
following flags and associated values:
b
Allow use of the -b option on a get command to create branch deltas.
cceil
Specify the highest release (that is, ceiling), a number less than or equal to 9999, which may be
retrieved by a get command for editing. The default value for an unspecified c flag shall be 9999.
ffloor
Specify the lowest release (that is, floor), a number greater than 0 but less than 9999, which may
be retrieved by a get command for editing. The default value for an unspecified f flag shall be 1.
dSID
Specify the default delta number (SID) to be used by a get command.
istr
Treat the "No ID keywords" message issued by get or delta as a fatal error. In the absence of this
flag, the message is only a warning. The message is issued if no SCCS identification keywords (see
get ) are found in the text retrieved or stored in the SCCS file. If a value is supplied, the
application shall ensure that the keywords exactly match the given string; however, the string
shall contain a keyword, and no embedded <newline>s.
j
Allow concurrent get commands for editing on the same SID of an SCCS file. This allows multiple
concurrent updates to the same version of the SCCS file.
llist
Specify a list of releases to which deltas can no longer be made (that is, get -e against one of
these locked releases fails). Conforming applications shall use the following syntax to specify a
list. Implementations may accept additional forms as an extension:
<list> ::= a | <range-list>
<range-list> ::= <range> | <range-list>, <range>
<range> ::= <SID>
The character a in the list shall be equivalent to specifying all releases for the named SCCS
file. The non-terminal <SID> in range shall be the delta number of an existing delta associated
with the SCCS file.
n
Cause delta to create a null delta in each of those releases (if any) being skipped when a delta
is made in a new release (for example, in making delta 5.1 after delta 2.7, releases 3 and 4 are
skipped). These null deltas shall serve as anchor points so that branch deltas may later be
created from them. The absence of this flag shall cause skipped releases to be nonexistent in the
SCCS file, preventing branch deltas from being created from them in the future. During the
initial creation of an SCCS file, the n flag may be ignored; that is, if the -r option is used to
set the release number of the initial SID to a value greater than 1, null deltas need not be
created for the "skipped" releases.
qtext
Substitute user-definable text for all occurrences of the %Q% keyword in the SCCS file text
retrieved by get.
mmod
Specify the module name of the SCCS file substituted for all occurrences of the %M% keyword in the
SCCS file text retrieved by get. If the m flag is not specified, the value assigned shall be the
name of the SCCS file with the leading '.' removed.
ttype
Specify the type of module in the SCCS file substituted for all occurrences of the %Y% keyword in
the SCCS file text retrieved by get.
vpgm
Cause delta to prompt for modification request (MR) numbers as the reason for creating a delta.
The optional value specifies the name of an MR number validation program. (If this flag is set
when creating an SCCS file, the application shall ensure that the m option is also used even if
its value is null.)
-d flag
Remove (delete) the specified flag from an SCCS file. Several -d options may be supplied on a
single admin command. See the -f option for allowable flag names. (The l list flag gives a list of
releases to be unlocked. See the -f option for further description of the l flag and the syntax of
a list.)
-a login
Specify a login name, or numerical group ID, to be added to the list of users who may make deltas
(changes) to the SCCS file. A group ID shall be equivalent to specifying all login names common to
that group ID. Several -a options may be used on a single admin command line. As many logins, or
numerical group IDs, as desired may be on the list simultaneously. If the list of users is empty,
then anyone may add deltas. If login or group ID is preceded by a '!' , the users so specified
shall be denied permission to make deltas.
-e login
Specify a login name, or numerical group ID, to be erased from the list of users allowed to make
deltas (changes) to the SCCS file. Specifying a group ID is equivalent to specifying all login
names common to that group ID. Several -e options may be used on a single admin command line.
-y[comment]
Insert the comment text into the SCCS file as a comment for the initial delta in a manner
identical to that of delta. In the POSIX locale, omission of the -y option shall result in a
default comment line being inserted in the form:
"date and time created %s %s by %s", <date>, <time>, <login>
where <date> is expressed in the format of the date utility's %y / %m / %d conversion specification,
<time> in the format of the date utility's %T conversion specification format, and <login> is the login
name of the user creating the file.
-m mrlist
Insert the list of modification request (MR) numbers into the SCCS file as the reason for creating
the initial delta in a manner identical to delta. The application shall ensure that the v flag is
set and the MR numbers are validated if the v flag has a value (the name of an MR number
validation program). A diagnostic message shall be written if the v flag is not set or MR
validation fails.
-h Check the structure of the SCCS file and compare the newly computed checksum with the checksum
that is stored in the SCCS file. If the newly computed checksum does not match the checksum in
the SCCS file, a diagnostic message shall be written.
-z Recompute the SCCS file checksum and store it in the first line of the SCCS file (see the -h
option above). Note that use of this option on a truly corrupted file may prevent future detection
of the corruption.
OPERANDS
The following operands shall be supported:
file A pathname of an existing SCCS file or a directory. If file is a directory, the admin utility
shall behave as though each file in the directory were specified as a named file, except that non-
SCCS files (last component of the pathname does not begin with s.) and unreadable files shall be
silently ignored.
newfile
A pathname of an SCCS file to be created.
If exactly one file or newfile operand appears, and it is '-' , the standard input shall be read; each
line of the standard input shall be taken to be the name of an SCCS file to be processed. Non-SCCS files
and unreadable files shall be silently ignored.
STDIN
The standard input shall be a text file used only if -i is specified without an option-argument or if a
file or newfile operand is specified as '-' . If the first character of any standard input line is <SOH>
in the POSIX locale, the results are unspecified.
INPUT FILES
The existing SCCS files shall be text files of an unspecified format.
The application shall ensure that the file named by the -i option's name option-argument shall be a text
file; if the first character of any line in this file is <SOH> in the POSIX locale, the results are
unspecified. If this file contains more than 99999 lines, the number of lines recorded in the header for
this file shall be 99999 for this delta.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of admin:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the
Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for
the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale
categories.)
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization
variables.
LC_CTYPE
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for
example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages
written to standard error and the contents of the default -y comment.
NLSPATH
Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES .
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
Not used.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
Any SCCS files created shall be text files of an unspecified format. During processing of a file, a
locking z-file, as described in get , may be created and deleted.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
It is recommended that directories containing SCCS files be writable by the owner only, and that SCCS
files themselves be read-only. The mode of the directories should allow only the owner to modify SCCS
files contained in the directories. The mode of the SCCS files prevents any modification at all except by
SCCS commands.
EXAMPLES
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
delta , get , prs , what
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .