Viewing the Revision History of a File
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You can view a list of the revisions of a file, as well as retrieve and compare revisions.

To view the revisions of TEST.TXT:
1.From the Windows Explorer, right-click TEST.TXT.  
The right-click menu appears.  
2.From the right-click menu, click Revision History.  
The Revision Manager dialog box appears displaying the various revisions of TEST.TXT:  

 
 
The Revision Manager dialog box allows you to perform the following:

·Sort the list by clicking the desired column header. Re-click the same column header to reverse the sorting order.  
·Place your cursor over any revision on the list to view the revision change title.  
·Click View Revision to view the selected revision.  
·Click Retrieve Revision to save the selected revision to disk.  
·Click Compare Revisions to view the changes between the selected revision and any other revision.  
·Click Report to generate a detailed change report for the file (refer to Revision History Report in Generating CS-RCS Reports in the User Guide).  
·Click RLOG Report to view a text-only change report for the file.  
·Click to enter a document title and description. On the first line, provide a short sentence that is used as the document title. If needed, provide additional details on further lines.  
 
For more details on the Revision Manager, refer to Using the Revision Manager Tool in CS-RCS Tools in the User Guide.