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The val(CP) command determines whether a file is an SCCS file meeting the characteristics specified by certain key letters. It checks for the existence of a particular delta when the SID for that delta is specified with -r.
The string following -y or -m checks the value set by the t or the m SCCS file flags, respectively. See admin(CP) for descriptions of these flags.
The val command
treats the special argument -- differently
than other SCCS commands.
It allows val
to read the argument list from the standard input
instead of from the command line:
the standard input is read until an end-of-file
(<Ctrl>d) is entered.
This permits one val command
with different values for key letters and file arguments.
For example:
val - -yc -mabc s.abc -mxyz -ypl1 s.xyz
val first checks whether file s.abc has a value c for its type flag and value abc for the module name flag. Once this is done, val processes the remaining file, in this case, s.xyz.
The val command returns an 8-bit code. Each bit set shows a specific error. (See val(CP) for a description of errors and codes.) In addition, an appropriate diagnostic is printed, unless suppressed by -s. A return code of 0 means all files meet the characteristics specified.