rcs2log(1)

rcs2log1

Rcs to changelog generator

Usage

rcs2log [-c changelog] [-h hostname] [-i indent] [-l length] [-R] [-r option] [-t tabwidth] [-u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr] [-v] [--help] [--version] [file ...]

Overview

The rcs2log utility generates a change log prefix from RCS files (perhaps in the CVS repository) and the ChangeLog (if any).

The options are as follows:

-c changelog

Output a change log prefix to changelog (default ChangeLog).

-h hostname

Use hostname in change log entries (default current host).

-i indent

Indent change log lines by indent spaces (default 8).

-l length

Try to limit log lines to length characters (default 79).

-R

If no file(s) are given and RCS is used, recurse through working directory.

-r option

Pass option to subsidiary log command.

-t tabwidth

Tab stops are every tabwidth characters (default 8).

-u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr

Assume login has fullname and mailaddr.

-v

Append RCS revision to file names in log lines.

--help

Output help.

--version

Output version number.

Releases

49 releases since OpenBSD 3.3; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.3–6.2
  2. 6.3–8.0

Authors

Paul Eggert ⟨[email protected]⟩

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.