February 15, 2003 RCS2LOG 1

### NAME

rcs2log - RCS to ChangeLog generator

### SYNOPSIS

rcs2log [-Rv] [-c changelog] [-h hostname] [-i indent] [-l length] [-r option] [-t tabwidth] [-u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr] [--help] [--version] [file ...]

### DESCRIPTION

The rcs2log utility generates a change log prefix from RCS files (perhaps in the CVS repository) and the ChangeLog (if any).

The options are as follows:

-c changelog
  Output a change log prefix to changelog (default ChangeLog).

-h hostname
  Use hostname in change log entries (default current host).

-i indent
  Indent change log lines by indent spaces (default 8).

-l length
  Try to limit log lines to length characters (default 79).

-R
  If no file```(s)` are given and RCS is used, recurse through working directory.

-r option
  Pass option to subsidiary log command.

-t tabwidth
  Tab stops are every tabwidth characters (default 8).

-u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr
  Assume login has fullname and mailaddr.

-v
  Append RCS revision to file names in log lines.

--help
  Output help.

--version
  Output version number.

### SEE ALSO

rcs(1), rcsintro(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5)

### AUTHORS

Paul Eggert
<eggert@twinsun.com>

### BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>.