COMB(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		       COMB(1)

     NAME
	  comb - combine SCCS deltas

     SYNOPSIS
	  comb [-o] [-s] [-psid] [-clist] files

     HP-UX MODEL POSITION
	  Development
	  SVID

     DESCRIPTION
	  Comb generates a shell procedure (see sh(1)) which, when
	  run, will reconstruct the given SCCS files.  The
	  reconstructed files will, hopefully, be smaller than the
	  original files.  The arguments may be specified in any
	  order, but all keyletter arguments apply to all named SCCS
	  files.  If a directory is named, comb behaves as though each
	  file in the directory were specified as a named file, except
	  that non-SCCS files (last component of the path name does
	  not begin with s.) and unreadable files are silently
	  ignored.  If a name of - is given, the standard input is
	  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 are silently ignored.  The generated shell
	  procedure is written on the standard output.

	  The keyletter arguments are as follows.  Each is explained
	  as though only one named file is to be processed, but the
	  effects of any keyletter argument apply independently to
	  each named file.

	  -pSID The SCCS IDentification string (SID) of the oldest
	  delta to be preserved.  All older deltas are discarded in
	  the reconstructed file.

	  -clist A list (see get(1) for the syntax of a list) of
	  deltas to be preserved.  All other deltas are discarded.

	  -o For each get -e generated, this argument causes the
	  reconstructed file to be accessed at the release of the
	  delta to be created, otherwise the reconstructed file would
	  be accessed at the most recent ancestor.  Use of the -o
	  keyletter may decrease the size of the reconstructed SCCS
	  file.	 It may also alter the shape of the delta tree of the
	  original file.

	  -s This argument causes comb to generate a shell procedure
	  which, when run, will produce a report giving, for each
	  file: the file name, size (in blocks) after combining,
	  original size (also in blocks), and percentage change
	  computed by:
		     100 * (original - combined) / original
	  It is	 recommended that before any SCCS files are actually
	  combined, one should use this option to determine exactly
	  how much space is saved by the combining process.

	  If no keyletter arguments are specified, comb will preserve
	  only leaf deltas and the minimal number of ancestors needed
	  to preserve the tree.

     FILES
	  s.COMB The name of the reconstructed SCCS file.
	  comb?????  Temporary.

     SEE ALSO
	  admin(1), delta(1), get(1), help(1), prs(1), sh(1),
	  sccsfile(5).

	  Source Code Control System User Guide in the UNIX System
	  User Guide.

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  Use help(1) for explanations.

     BUGS
	  Comb may rearrange the shape of the tree of deltas.  It may
	  not save any space; in fact, it is possible for the
	  reconstructed file to actually be larger than the original.