Using Advanced Command-line Interface - Introduction

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The advanced command-line interface has been designed to invoke the full command-set of CS-RCS from the Explorer Run window, DOS command windows and batch files.

Note: The advanced command-line interface is a superset of the basic command-line interface.

The command-line interface syntax is:

CSRCS command [command-switches] "file1" ["file2" …]

The file argument can be one of the following:

·

A full path.

·

A relative path to the current working directory.

·

A wildcard argument.

Example 1:
To get the RCS status of all files in the current directory tree:

1.

From the Start menu, click Run.

2.

Enter: CSRCS Status /s *.*

3.

Click OK.

Example 2:
To check-in all .c and .h files in the current directory:

1.

From the Start menu, click Run.

2.

Enter: CSRCS ci *.c *.h

3.

Click OK.

Example 3:
To retrieve all files of project Test as they were on July 15:

1.

From the Start menu, click Run.

2.

Enter: CSRCS retrieve /d"15-Jul" /p"Test"

3.

Click OK.

The following sections elaborate the various commands and command options.

Notes:

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The CSRCS command runs using the Windows multi-tasking environment. If you wish to synchronize commands (usually within a batch-file), call the CSRCSW command (rather than CSRCS). The CSRCSW command accepts all the switches and parameters applicable to the CSRCS command as documented in this chapter.

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The CS-RCS ActiveX server API provides a more powerful means to integrate CS-RCS with any external environment. Contact ComponentSoftware to get the updated specification of this API.