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source code control system
Last modified: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Abbreviated as SCCS, source code control system is tool used to track the development of a
source file to prevent it from being altered by more than one person at a time.
It is commonly used for projects where multiple source files are used or where
multiple people are working with the source file.
When seen written in all capital letters, Source Code Control System refers to
the first source code revision control system, which was developed at Bell Labs
in 1972 by Marc J. Rochkind.
CAA Source Code Manager (SCM) CAA Source Code Manager (SCM) introduces a software configuration management tool to support CAA Version 5 application development.
Cyclic SCCS Page SCCS (the Source Code Control System) is a version control system. In general terms it is similar to RCS in terms of functionality (for example, it operates on one file at a time).
GNU CSSC CSSC is the GNU Project's replacement for SCCS. SCCS is a proprietary suite of tools that is provided with most commercial versions of Unix.
