User Commands                                         sccs-val(1)



NAME
     sccs-val, val - validate an SCS file

SYNOPSIS
     val [-s] [-m name] [-rsid] [-y type] s.filename...


DESCRIPTION
     The val utility determines if the specified s.files meet the
     characteristics  specified  by  the indicated arguments. val
     can process 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 SCS delta ID (SID) is invalid or ambiguous
       bit 5 = the SID does not exist
       bit 6 = mismatch between Y% and -y argument
       bit 7 = mismatch between sccs-val.1 and -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.  Suppresses the normal error  or  warning
                messages.



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User Commands                                         sccs-val(1)



     -m name    Compares name with the  %M%  ID  keyword  in  the
                s.file.


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


     -y type    Compares type with the %Y% ID keyword.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables  that  affect  the execution of val: LANG, LCAL,
     LCTYPE, LCMESAGES, and NLSPATH.

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



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWsprot                   
    
     Interface Stability          Committed                   
    
     Standard                     See standards(5).           
    


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

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use the  SCS  help  command  for  explanations  (see  sccs-
     help(1)).














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