Subject: Re: source code tags
To: None <sigsegv@rambler.ru>
From: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/19/2004 15:56:24
On Sunday 19 September 2004 14:58, sigsegv@rambler.ru wrote:
> I have a silly question, looking at NetBSD source code, each file has a
> tag on the first line, like the one below
>
> $NetBSD: kern_lock.c,v 1.83 2004/08/04 10:37:08 yamt Exp $
>
> Could somebody please explain the format of those tags, i.e. why is
> there '$' at the start and end? What is 'Exp' for? What is 'yamt' for?

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/KEYWORD SUBSTITUTION