Current Supported Releases: Sablime^® v6.0 & v5.2

NAME
     nsact - show the editing activity on an SBCS file

SYNOPSIS
     nsact [-sNRY] s-file ...

DESCRIPTION
     nsact shows all current editing activity on any  version  of
     an SBCS s-file (see nadmin(1)).

     An nsact command line begins with option arguments and  ends
     with  s-file  arguments.  s-file arguments can be any mix of
     s-files, directories and a  single  -  character  (see  nad-
     min(1)).

     For each valid s-file, nsact prints out the contents of  the
     p-file.   If the p-file does not exist, nsact prints a warn-
     ing.  The p-file records consist  of  five  to  seven  blank
     separated fields.

          Gotten SID
               the SID of the original gotten version.

          New {SID}
               the SID reserved for the new version.

          User Name
               the password UID name of the user that is  editing
               the gotten version.

          Date the date that nget -e was executed.

          Time the time that nget -e was executed.

          -g Gotten Name
               the name of the gotten version, if it has a name.

          -n New Name
               the name of the new version, if it has a name.

OPTIONS
     -s   Run silently. If the command line specifies  more  than
          one  s-file, or if it specifies a directory or -, nsact
          first prints the name of the  s-file.   The  -s  option
          suppresses   this   information.   Warnings   are  also
          suppressed.  Error messages are unaffected.

     -N   No execution. nsact simply prints the s-file  it  would
          normally check, but nothing else is printed.

     -R   Recursive mode.  For  all  s-file  arguments  that  are
          directories,     descend     recursively    into    all

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          subdirectories to search for s-files.

     -Y   Suppress any  y/n  prompt  that  may  arise  by  always
          answering  y.   Such prompts are not always predictable
          and can arise from requests to restore the s-file.  See
          NOTES on Y/N Prompts in nadmin(1) and below.

NOTES
     Multiple Files
          nsact is an effective  multi-file  command  because  it
          does not require a version to be specified.

     Multi-User
          nsact only needs read and search (execute)  permissions
          on  the  s-file directories and read permissions on the
          p-files.  It does not require to be  run  set-UID  with
          the  SBCS  administrator's permissions (see nadmin(1) -
          MULTI USER ACCESS and sbcsproj(1)).

     Y/N Prompt
          nsact may be interrupted by prompts to restore s-files.
          In  a multi-user setting the restoration is expected to
          fail because nsact will not, usually, have the  permis-
          sions needed to modify an s-file.

     Common Code
          nscat shares the same executable as nunget.   The  com-
          mand behaves as nsact if its name contains sact.

COMPARISON WITH SCCS
     SBCS only:
          Options -s and -NRY.  A missing p-file is a warning  in
          SBCS, an error in SCCS.  SBCS has a more general defin-
          ition of s-file arguments.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Warning and error messages have error codes that can be used
     with nhelp for a more detailed explanation.

SEE ALSO
     nadmin(1), ncdc(1), ndelta(1), nedges(1), nget(1), nhelp(1),
     nprs(1),   nrmdel(1),   nsact(1),   nunget(1),  sbcsdiff(1),
     sbcsenv(1).

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