Is there an SCCS for Linux?

[dszacik]

We have a system we would like to port off of an HPUX box that uses SCCS, and am not finding a Linux version of SCCS. Any suggestions?

 

[w1nn3r]

Never used it, but this appears to be what you want.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/CVS-RCS-HOWTO.html

 

[chipperMDW]

There's a GNU SCCS clone called CSSC.

 

[stevexff]

Depends if you want to port your existing SCCS (warts and all) or whether you want to use something a bit more up to date. Subversion is very popular, and there is a Python script to convert SCCS repositories to SVN at

http://www.subversionary.org/taxonomy/term/7?page=1

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]

 

[dszacik]

Thanks, we are reviewing CSSC.

 

[stevexff]

AFAIK, CSSC is just an open source version of SCCS, with a few arcane features omitted. Its functionality dates back to the 1980s. More modern systems have better features for collaborative working, branching, and remote access.

Before you make your decision, have a look at Subversion, which also supports rename and has proper atomic commit for multiple files. It's free, too.

http://subversion.tigris.org

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]

 

[chipperMDW]

Oh, certainly go with Subversion or even CVS if at all possible. I pointed out CSSC under the impression that you were stuck using SCCS and needed something SCCS-compatible for your Linux boxes. If you're not absolutely stuck with it, then consider SCCS deprecated and get something better.