User Commands                                         sccs-val(1)

NAME
     sccs-val, val - validate an SCCS file

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ccs/bin/val -

     /usr/ccs/bin/val [ -s ]  [ -m name ]  [ -rsid ]  [ -y type ]
     s.filename ...

DESCRIPTION
     val determines if the specified  s.files  meet  the  charac-
     teristics specified by the indicated arguments. val can pro-
     cess up to 50 files on a single command line.

     val has a special argument, `-', which  reads  the  standard
     input  until  the  end-of-file  condition is detected.  Each
     line read is independently processed as if it were a command
     line argument list.

     val generates diagnostic messages on the standard output for
     each command line and file processed and also returns a sin-
     gle 8-bit code upon exit as described below.

     The 8-bit code returned by val is a disjunction of the  pos-
     sible errors, that is, it can be interpreted as a bit string
     where (moving from left to right) the bits  set  are  inter-
     preted as follows:

          bit 0 = missing file argument
          bit 1 = unknown or duplicate option
          bit 2 = corrupted s.file
          bit 3 = can not open file or file not in s.file format
          bit 4 = the SCCS delta ID (SID) is invalid or ambiguous
          bit 5 = the SID does not exist
          bit 6 = mismatch between  and -y argument
          bit 7 = mismatch between sccs-val.1 -m argument

     val can process two or more files on a given  command  line,
     and in turn can process multiple command lines (when reading
     the standard input). In these cases, an  aggregate  code  is
     returned  which is the logical OR of the codes generated for
     each command line and file processed.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -s    Silent.  Suppress the normal  error  or  warning  mes-
           sages.

     -m name

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User Commands                                         sccs-val(1)

           Compare name with the sccs-val.1  ID  keyword  in  the
           s.file.

     -rsid Check to  see  if  the  indicated  SID  is  ambiguous,
           invalid, or absent from the s.file.

     -y type
           Compare type with the  ID keyword.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWsprot                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     sccs(1), sccs-admin(1),  sccs-delta(1),  sccs-get(1),  sccshelp(1)
     , what(1), sccsfile(4), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use the  SCCS  help  command  for  explanations  (see  sccshelp(1)
     ).

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