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.Dd October 08, 2005
.Dt RCSDIFF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rcsdiff
.Nd compare RCS revisions
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Bk -words
.Op Fl cnquV
.Op Fl k Ns Ar mode
.Oo
.Fl r Ns Ar rev
.Op Fl r Ns Ar rev2
.Oc
.Op Fl x Ns Ar suffixes
.Ar file ...
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is used to compare two revisions of each RCS file given.
.Pp
The following options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl c
Produces a diff with three lines of context.
See
.Xr diff 1
for more information.
.It Fl k Ns Ar mode
Specify the keyword substitution mode.
.It Fl n
Produces a diff in the same format that is used in the RCS files.
.It Fl r Ns Ar rev
If one -r option is given, the diff is generated between the
working file and
.Ar rev .
If two -r options are given, the diff is generated between the
two revisions specified.
.It Fl q
Be quiet about reporting.
.It Fl u
Produces a unified diff with three lines of context.
See
.Xr diff 1
for more information.
.It Fl V
Print RCS's version number.
.It Fl x Ns Ar suffixes
Specifies the suffixes for RCS files.
Suffixes should be separated by the
.Sq /
character.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width RCSINIT
.It Ev RCSINIT
If set, this variable should contain a list of space-delimited options that
are prepended to the argument list.
.It Ev TMPDIR
When set, this variable specifies the directory where temporary files
are to be created.
The default is set to
.Pa /tmp .
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Compare the latest revision of the default branch with the content of
working file
.Pa foo.c :
.Pp
.Dl $ rcsdiff foo.c
.Pp
.Pp
Compare revision 1.7 and 1.8 of file
.Pa foo.c
and ignore differences in keyword values:
.Pp
.Dl $ rcsdiff -kk -r1.7 -r1.8 foo.c
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ci 1 ,
.Xr co 1 ,
.Xr ident 1 ,
.Xr rcs 1 ,
.Xr rcsclean 1 ,
.Xr rcsmerge 1 ,
.Xr rlog 1