The get command is able to retrieve the latest, or any past,
version of your program:
$ ls Makefile s.whet.f $ get -e s.whet.f Get latest version for editing. 1.1 Version 1.1. new delta 1.2 These changes will become version 1.2. 198 lines Book keeping. $ ls Makefile p.whet.f s.whet.f whet.f p.whet.f is a flag for SCCS.
To get a past version , use the prs command to list past versions
and get -r to retrieve the version you want:
$ prs s.whet.f List versions of whet.f. s.whet.f: prs lists the deltas. Most recent is version 1.3. D 1.3 92/04/06 09:37:44 pfink 3 2 000/000/198 MRs: COMMENTS: Comments the user made about changes. Optimized for superscalar. The next delta, 1.2. D 1.2 92/04/06 09:31:08 pfink 2 1 000/000/198 MRs: COMMENTS: Added new timing print out. The original version is 1.1 D 1.1 92/04/06 09:13:22 pfink 1 0 198/000/000 MRs: COMMENTS: date and time created 92/04/06 09:13:22 by pfink $ get -r1.1 s.whet.f 1.1 198 lines $ get -r1.1 s.whet.f Get read-only copy of the original. 1.1 198 lines $ ls Makefile s.whet.f whet.f