11.11 Other Module Options

Some other useful library options include:

  • -unlock
    Used to unlock a module. After you've locked a module for editing, you might decide not to edit it after all. -unlock will unlock it, ie. let someone else edit it.

  • -force
    Force a check-in or unlock even if not owning a lock. This can be used to override the normal advisory locking that prevents multiple simultaneous edits. Use with caution.

  • -targets
    Lists the targets (scripts or modules) that depend on (use) the module named with -module . This is useful to find out what applications will be affected should the module be updated. Somebody might be depending on your module that you're unaware of!

  • -del
    A module can be deleted with the -del option. Only a specific revision, or revisions older than some date, can be deleted if the -rev or -date options are used with it. Useful for pruning old revisions from the library when it gets big. Unlike some revision systems such as SCCS, each revision in the library is a complete copy of the source, so previous revisions aren't needed to re-generate the latest revision's source.

  • -rev N.N
    Name a specific revision N.N for use with -del .

  • -date D
    Give a Texis-parseable date D for use with -del .

  • -wipelib
    This option will completely erase the entire library, if you want to start over from scratch. Use with caution!
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