RMDEL(1P)

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okay bestie, real talk before we get into it: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface may not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 iykyk.

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✨ NAME ✨

rmdel — remove a delta from an SCCS file (DEVELOPMENT)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rmdel -r SID file...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does rmdel actually do? It shall remove the delta specified by the SID from each named SCCS file. That's the whole vibe. 💖

And which delta is it removing, exactly? The delta to be removed shall be the most recent delta in its branch in the delta chain of each named SCCS file. like, the newest one on that branch, no cap.

On top of that, the application shall ensure that the SID specified is not that of a version being edited for the purpose of making a delta. Translation bestie: if a p-file (see get) exists for the named SCCS file, the SID you specified shall not appear in any entry of the p-file. no sneaking it out while someone's mid-edit. 🚫

Removal of a delta shall be restricted to:

1. The user who made the delta
2. The owner of the SCCS file
3. The owner of the directory containing the SCCS file

that's the guest list, and it is not negotiable. 🔥

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

The rmdel utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. (yes we're being proper about our flags, it's giving ✨ standards-compliant ✨)

The following option shall be supported:

• -r SID — Specify the SCCS identification string (SID) of the delta to be deleted. it's the one flag and it's doing all the work, main character energy honestly 👑

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🍓 OPERANDS 🍓

The following operand shall be supported:

• file — A pathname of an existing SCCS file or a directory. If file is a directory, the rmdel utility shall behave as though each file in the directory were specified as a named file, except that non-SCCS files (where the last component of the pathname does not begin with s.) and unreadable files shall be silently ignored. like, no drama, no complaints, just skipped. 🫶

If exactly one file operand appears, and it is '-', the standard input shall be read; each line of the standard input is taken to be the name of an SCCS file to be processed. Non-SCCS files and unreadable files shall be silently ignored. again: silent. shhh. 🤫

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🌈 STDIN 🌈

The standard input shall be a text file used only when the file operand is specified as '-'. Each line of the text file shall be interpreted as an SCCS pathname. one path per line bestie, don't get cute with it 💜

⭐ INPUT FILES ⭐

The SCCS files shall be files of unspecified format. yeah. unspecified. we don't look inside, we don't ask questions. 🙈

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🧚

The following environment variables shall affect the execution of rmdel:

• LANG — Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.)
• LC_ALL — If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables. it's the boss of the locale squad, periodt.
• LC_CTYPE — Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
• LC_MESSAGES — Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
• NLSPATH — Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.

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🎀 ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS 🎀

Default. (we're keeping it chill, no special handling, the standard behavior slays) ✨

💖 STDOUT 💖

Not used. nothing. zero output. the silence is iconic honestly.

😭 STDERR 😭

The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. only when something's wrong, bestie, that's it. 💀

🔥 OUTPUT FILES 🔥

The SCCS files shall be files of unspecified format. During processing of a file, a temporary x-file, as described in admin, may be created and deleted; a locking z-file, as described in get, may be created and deleted. so yeah, it's making temp files and lock files and cleaning up after itself like a responsible icon. 🧹✨

👑 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION 👑

None. nothing extra. that's the whole thing. 💅

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🌸 EXIT STATUS 🌸

The following exit values shall be returned:

• 0 — Successful completion. ate and left no crumbs. ✅
• >0 — An error occurred. 😭

🙈 CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS 🙈

Default.

The following sections are informative.

💜 APPLICATION USAGE 💜

None.

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

None.

⭐ RATIONALE ⭐

None.

🌈 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🌈

None.

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

admin, delta, get, prs

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖 shoutout to IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — the source and date of this whole thing, mwah, no notes. 🫶✨