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Re: has anyone used the rcs system from Simtel?

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From: Keith Petersen
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 07:17
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creider@csd.uwo.ca (Chet Creider) writes:
>Has anyone succeeded in understanding how the DOS rcs is intended to
>work? When I try to use it, it puts write protection on a file, then
>can't delete this file when checking in. Then when checking out, it
>encounters the write-protected file and can't overwrite it. None of
>the switches on ci or co seem to help, and rcs.exe doesn't either.

I wish questions like this were directed to me.  I could have answered
your question about who uploaded RCS, which would have saved time for
you and bandwidth for the network.

SIMTEL20 directory PD1:<MSDOS.PGMUTL>
Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
DOSRCSEX.ZIP  B  136791  900829  Revision Control System for text files, 1of3
DOSRCSMP.ZIP  B   24412  900829  Revision Control System for text files, 2of3
SH_RCSEX.ZIP  B  170318  900829  Revision Control System for text files, 3of3

There files were uploaded by lfk@athena.mit.edu (Frank Kolakowski).
Please send questions to him.

Keith
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Subject: Re: has anyone used the rcs system from Simtel?
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