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Date:         Sat, 24 Oct 92  12:34:34 EDT
From: Pen Helm <SMHELM01 AT ULKYVM DOT LOUISVILLE DOT EDU>
Subject:      RCS for DOS
To: <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>

Reply-To: al633 AT cleveland DOT freenet DOT edu
X-From: the account of smhelm01 AT ulkyvm DOT louisville DOT edu
higgins AT math DOT niu DOT edu said:
> Does anyone know of an RCS port for djgpp or DOS?

I've found three, none ideal.  Wish I had a C programmer handy.


One is simtel:<msdos.pgmutl>rcs55.zip, ported by stu AT tandem DOT com
- compiled with BC++
- Cannot handle Novell
- Cannot handle 8+3 filenames (!) [just 8+2 or less]
- requires that you set an environment variable, LOGNAME, for your userid

Then there's myrcs.zoo on spdcc.com   [you'll have to poke around a bit]
- compiled with MSC, .exes are a little larger
- requires that you set an environment variable, TZ, for your time zone
 strips ^Ms when archiving, but puts them back during check-out
- executables only--no source, little documentation

Both of those are version 5.5, and both of them
- run under regular DOS, no go32 needed
- require RAW console mode off
- mishandle binary files
- give an incorrect error message if you hit ^break during description


Also, there's ftp.cs.purdue.edu::/pub/hammer/msrcs-1.8-beta.tar.Z
- Official version 5.6 for dos
- source only
- Expected to work, but has never actually been compiled
- "You will also need rcs-5.6.4-beta.tar.Z in that directory."