UNGET(1POSIX)

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💖 PROLOG 💖

ok so first thing bestie, 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 might not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈

✨ NAME ✨

unget — undo a previous get of an SCCS file (DEVELOPMENT)

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

unget [-ns] [-r SID] file...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

the unget utility shall reverse the effect of a get -e done prior to creating the intended new delta. like, you know how you said you were gonna make a delta and then… didn't? yeah. this is the undo button, bestie. 🎀

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

the unget utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. (yes, the guidelines. we love a compliant queen. 👑)

The following options shall be supported:

  • -r SID — uniquely identify which delta is no longer intended. (this would have been specified by get as the new delta.) the use of this option is necessary only if two or more outstanding get commands for editing on the same SCCS file were done by the same person (login name). so like, only needed when you've got multiple edits open and you gotta say which one. iykyk.
  • -s — suppress the writing to standard output of the intended delta's SID. shhh. 🤫
  • -n — retain the file that was obtained by get, which would normally be removed from the current directory. not me letting the file stay when it would've been deleted. 💀

🦋 OPERANDS 🦋

The following operands shall be supported:

  • file — a pathname of an existing SCCS file or a directory. if file is a directory, the unget utility shall behave as though each file in the directory were specified as a named file, except that non-SCCS files (last component of the pathname does not begin with s.) and unreadable files shall be silently ignored. no drama, no errors, just vibes. 🌈

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

🎀 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. 📝

🧚 INPUT FILES 🧚

any SCCS files processed shall be files of an unspecified format. mystery file energy, honestly. ✨

💜 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 💜

The following environment variables shall affect the execution of unget:

  • 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. main character variable fr, it overrides everyone. 👑
  • 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.

🔥 ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS 🔥

Default. that's it, that's the section. 💅

⭐ STDOUT ⭐

the standard output shall consist of a line for each file, in the following format:

"%s\n", <SID removed from file>

If there is more than one named file or if a directory or standard input is named, each pathname shall be written before each of the preceding lines:

"\n%s:\n", <pathname>

so like, one file = just the SID. multiple files or a directory or stdin = pathname header first, then the SID. slay. 💖

🍓 STDERR 🍓

the standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. no extra commentary. 🙈

🌈 OUTPUT FILES 🌈

any SCCS files updated shall be files of an unspecified format. during processing of a file, a locking z-file, as described in get, and a q-file (a working copy of the p-file), may be created and deleted. the p-file and g-file, as described in get, shall be deleted. the way it's out here creating and deleting files mid-process… iconic but chaotic. 🔥

💀 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION 💀

None.

🎯 EXIT STATUS 🎯

The following exit values shall be returned:

  • 0 — successful completion. ate. ✨
  • >0 — an error occurred. 😭

🌸 CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS 🌸

Default.

The following sections are informative.

🫶 APPLICATION USAGE 🫶

None.

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

None.

💜 RATIONALE 💜

None.

🦋 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🦋

None.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

delta, get, sact

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

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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