FAQs on My RCS vs. SCCS Paper

• Q. How do you do so and so with SCCS?

  I haven't used SCCS in years and cannot recommend it. You're therefore stuck with reading the man pages. Sorry.

• Q. Would you use RCS or SCCS?

  Neither. I'd use CVS.

  I've been using CVS since about 1995. CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) is a wonderful front-end to RCS that allows concurrent edits. I love it, and if you like RCS, you will too. CVS allows you to operate on entire hierarchies of files, rather than a single file at a time. I also use the client/server capabilities of CVS to keep my environment the same on the various hosts throughout the Internet where I have accounts. Many Internet software projects use CVS and provide anonymous access, so you can easily check out and view the software.

• Q. I'm convinced. Tell me more about CVS.

  Sure, see my CVS references.

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