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| Chapter 17 The SCCS Utility |

## val

    val [options] files

Validate that the SCCS `files` meet the characteristics specified in the options. val produces messages on the standard output for each file and returns an 8-bit code upon exit.

### Options

-

  Read standard input and interpret each line as a val command line argument. Exit with an `EOF`. This option is used by itself.

-m`name`

  Compare `name` with %M% keyword in `file`.

-r`sid`

  Check whether the SCCS ID is ambiguous or invalid.

-s

  Silence any error message.

-y`type`

  Compare `type` with %Y% keyword in `file`.

Reference: unget |  | Reference: what