SCCS History Files

When considering Configuring file transfer transactions, it is important to remember that source files are actually derived from SCCS deltas and are identified by SCCS delta IDs (SIDs). When a file is said to be copied by either a Putback or Bringover transaction, Configuring actually acts upon (copies or merges) the file's SCCS history file (also known as the "s-dot-file").

The means by which Configuring manipulates and merges the history files is described in detail in Chapter 10, How Configuring Merges SCCS Files." For specific technical information, refer to the sccsfile(4) man page.