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About #sccs
- From: Luca Benini <lbenini at csr dot unibo dot it>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:39:50 +0100
- Subject: About #sccs
Hi all,
I found in (cpp.info.gz) this
[cpp info]
The `#sccs' directive is recognized, because it appears in the
header files of some systems. It is a very old, obscure, extension
which we did not invent, and we have been unable to find any
documentation of what it should do, so GCC simply ignores it.
[Sun FORTRAN 77 4.0 User Guide)
Some developers put one or more SCCS ID keywords into each file, but
that is optional. These keywords are later identified with a version
number each time the files are checked in with an SCCS get or delget
command. There are three likely places to put these strings:[...]
I believe i've resolved the Obscure, the Arcane mister of #sccs ... ;-)
Luca
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