Re: Problem with RCS finding diff

[sharon Stanfill]

Could you just make a softlink from /usr/bin/diff to /usr/local/bin/diff?
That's probably what I would do.

At 09:18 AM 2/21/2003 -0500, Justin DelVecchio wrote:
> I am having the following problem:
>
> 1. I check in a file initally using the 'ci' command.  Everything works
> fine.
> 2. I make changes to the file.
> 3.  I go to 'ci' the file and get the following message:
>
> /usr/local/bin/diff: not found
> ci:RCS/hello.txt,v: diff failed
> ci aborted
>
> I realize the problem is ci cannot find diff.  On my system it is
> installed in /usr/bin
>
> My question is, can I point RCS to /usr/bin, say through my .cshrc or
> some flag, rather than reinstalling RCS and hardwiring the link?
>
> I searched hi and lo on the internet and one person made reference to
> this exact problem and said they were able to point
> RCS to the right location via the .cshrc file.  This would be great!
>
> Thanks!
>
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Sharon Stanfill
Group 31 (BMD/Systems Analysis)
Lincoln Laboratory
Lexington , MA