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Displaying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata" target="_blank">Metadata</a> (“Info”) of <em>LaTeX</em> Source Files</h1>
 — a comparison of packages available from <acronym>CTAN</acronym>
<p>
<small>
[ <a href="#intro">intro</a> | <a href="#table">table</a> | <a href="#single"><code>\GetFileInfo</code> etc.</a> | <a href="#several"><code>\listfiles</code> etc.</a> | <a href="#rcs">rcs/svn</a> | <a href="#thanks">thanks</a> ] 
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<h2>0 Introduction (with links to sections)</h2>
For <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX" target="_blank">LaTeX</a> source files,
it is recommended to start them with LaTeX command
<ul>
</li>
<li><code>\ProvidesClass</code><code> </code> (for <code>.cls</code> files)
</li>
<li><code>\ProvidesPackage</code> (for <code>.sty</code> files)
</li>
<li><code>\ProvidesFile</code><code> </code> (for all other files)
</li>
</ul>
(after <code>\NeedsTeXFormat</code>).
Their trailing optional argument can provide the most recent
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision control" target="_blank">revision</a> <strong>date</strong><br>
(expected as <em>“first word”</em> in trailing optional argument)
</li>
<li>the corresponding <strong>version</strong> string<br>
(expected as <em>“second word”</em>
in trailing optional argument) — and
</li>
<li>and a brief <strong>description</strong> of the file (“caption”)<br>
(expected as anything <em>else</em> in trailing optional argument).
</li>
</ul>
Here we are listing and comparing TeX packages available from
<a href="http://ctan.org" target="_blank"><acronym>CTAN</acronym></a> that make use of this information.
<p>
The document especially describes five packages of my own,
including interrelations and dependencies, and thus extends
their documentations; see <a href="#table">table below</a> for them.
An <em>asterisk</em>* near a package name indicates that the package
is <em>not mine</em>; so what I tell about it may be wrong or bad …
(please let me know via <a href="http://www.webdesign-bu.de/uwe_lueck/contact.html" target="_blank">form</a>,
or should I add something?) ...
<p>
We have the <em>cases</em> of
<ol>
</li>
<li>displaying <a href="#single">single</a> file info (<strong><code>\GetFileInfo</code></strong> ...)
</li>
<li>listing infos of <a href="#several">several</a> files (<strong><code>\listfiles</code></strong> etc.)
</li>
</ol>
and for each
<ol type="a"
</li>
<li>access by <em>LaTeX</em> (<a href="#sing-ltx">1 </a>·<a href="#sev-ltx"> 2</a>)
</li>
<li>access by <em>external</em> program (<a href="#sing-ext">1 </a>·<a href="#sev-ext"> 2</a>).
</ol>
<em>Related</em> subjects are using
<ol type="i"
</li>
<li><a href="#rcs">revision control systems</a> and
</li>
<li>modification time according to <a href="#filemod">pdfTeX</a>.
</ol>
<a name="table"></a>A <em>tabular overview</em> of the first two case distinctions:
<p>
<table cellpadding="6" width="" frame="box" rules="all">
<tbody>
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<tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold">
<td>
</td><td>just using <em>LaTeX</em>  </td><td>using <em>external</em> program
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><a href="#single">single</a> file</b></td><td>
• <a href="#doc">doc</a>*    
(Frank <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/mittelbach" target="_blank">Mittelbach</a>)<br>
• <a href="#zwgetfdate">zwgetfdate</a>*        
(Zdeněk <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/wagner" target="_blank">Wagner</a>)<br>
• <a href="#readprov">readprov</a>
</td><td>
• <a href="#lfv">latexfileversion</a>*
 (Harald <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/harders" target="_blank">Harders</a>) <br>
• <a href="#lfi">ltxfileinfo</a>*          
 (Wybo <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/dekker" target="_blank">Dekker</a>) <br>
• <a href="#tofi">typeoutfileinfo</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>file <a href="#several">list</a></b></td><td>
• <a href="#cl">classlist</a>*     
(Heiko <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/oberdiek" target="_blank">Oberdiek</a>) <br>
• <a href="#dl">dateiliste</a>*  
 (Paul <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/ebermann" target="_blank">Ebermann</a>) <br>
• <a href="#lnfl">longnamefilelist</a> <br>
• <a href="#nfl">nicefilelist</a> <br>
• <a href="#mfl">myfilist</a> <br>
</td><td>
• [<a href="#ltxinput">ltxinput</a>*       
(Jim <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/green" target="_blank">Green</a>)] <br>
• [<a href="#tle">texlog-extract</a>*    
(Wybo <a href="http://ctan.org/author/id/dekker" target="_blank">Dekker</a>)] <br>
<br>
[ don’t really belong here … ] <br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="right"><a href="#single">[→</a>|<a href="#top-of-page"> ↑ ]</a></p><hr><a name="single"></a>
<h2>1 Access Single File Info</h2>
<small>
[ <a href="#sing-ltx">a:</a> 
<a href="#doc">doc</a> | <a href="#readprov">readprov</a> | <a href="#zwgetfdate">zwgetfdate</a> ] 
[ <a href="#sing-ext">b:</a> 
<a href="#lfv">latexfileversion</a> | <a href="#lfi">ltxfileinfo</a> | <a href="#tofi">typeoutfileinfo</a> ] 
[ <a href="#filemod">c: filemod</a> ]
</small>
<h3><a name="sing-ltx"></a>a. Access in <em>LaTeX</em> Run</h3>
—originally for <em>automatic</em> inclusion of <em>current</em>
revision date and version of a package
in <em>typesetting</em> the latter’s documentation
(<i>“This document describes version … as of …”</i>), but then …
<dl>
<dt><strong><a name="doc"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/doc" target="_blank">doc</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Belongs to LaTeX <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base" target="_blank">base</a> distribution.
</li>
<li>Provides <strong><code>\GetFileInfo</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code>; after using this,
you have <code>\filedate</code>, <code>\fileversion</code>, <code>\fileinfo</code> of ⟨<i>file</i>⟩.
</li>
<li>⟨<i>file</i>⟩ must have been <em>loaded</em> in the LaTeX run.
</li>
<li><code>\GetFileInfo</code> is <em>fragile</em>.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="zwgetfdate"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/zwgetfdate" target="_blank">zwgetfdate</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Provides <strong><code>\DateOfFile</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code>
and <strong><code>\DateOfPackage</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code>.
</li>
<li>⟨<i>file</i>⟩ must have been <em>loaded</em>.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="readprov"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/readprov" target="_blank">readprov</a></strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>
Provides
<strong><code>\UseDateOf</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code> and <strong><code>\UseVersionOf</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code>
– <em>robust</em> (expandable).
</li>
<li>
Provides <a href="#doc">doc</a>’s <strong><code>\GetFileInfo</code></strong>
(with modified definition; used internally)
</li>
<li>Provides
<ul>
</li>
<li><strong><code>\ReadFileInfos</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>files</i>⟩}</code>
</li>
<li><strong><code>\ReadPackageInfos</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>files</i>⟩}</code>
</li>
<li><strong><code>\ReadClassInfo</code></strong><code>{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code>
</li>
</ul>
as <em>alternatives</em> to <code>\GetFileInfo</code>.
<ul>
</li>
<li>They do <em>not</em> really <em>load</em> ⟨<i>file</i>⟩/⟨<i>files</i>⟩ ...
</li>
<li>... so can be used with incompatible packages and
classes (multiple latter by <code>\ReadFileInfos{⟨<i>base</i>⟩.cls}</code>).
</li>
<li>This allows <strong>adding arbitrary</strong> LaTeX source files
to the list of files that LaTeX manages for
<a href="#latex"><strong><code>\listfiles</code></strong></a> — this is used for
<a href="#myfilist">myfilist</a>.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</dl>
<h3><a name="sing-ext"></a>b. <em>Screen</em> Display Using <em>External</em> Program</h3>
—when you wonder whether the most recent version of a package
or a chapter file is present …
<dl>
<dt><strong><a name="lfv"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/latexfileversion" target="_blank">latexfileversion</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash (Unix shell)" target="_blank">Bash (Unix shell)</a> script.
</li>
<li><em>Nice</em> screen display.
</li>
<li>Invokes <code>latex</code> run using a copy of
<a href="#doc">doc</a>’s <code>\GetFileInfo</code>.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="lfi"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/ltxfileinfo" target="_blank">ltxfileinfo</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby (programming language)" target="_blank">Ruby</a> script.
</li>
<li>Displays nice
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/ltxfileinfo/doc/ltxfileinfo.html" target="_blank">table</a>
of infos (including <em>location</em> in file system) on screen.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="tofi"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/typeoutfileinfo" target="_blank">typeoutfileinfo</a></strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>5-lines <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash (Unix shell)" target="_blank">Bash (Unix shell)</a> script.
</li>
<li>Expects <code>latex</code> won’t append too many screen lines after
1-line <strong><code>\typeout</code></strong><br>
(<em>tolerable</em> screen display as compared with
<a href="#lfv">latexfileversion</a>).
</li>
<li>Invokes <code>latex</code> run using <a href="#readprov">readprov</a>.
</li>
</ul>
</dl>
<h3><a name="filemod"></a>c. Related, while different …</h3>
<dl>
<dt><strong><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/filemod" target="_blank">filemod</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Uses <a href="http://tug.org/applications/pdftex/NEWS" target="_blank">pdfTeX</a>’s
<code>\pdffilemoddate{⟨<i>file</i>⟩}</code> primitive.
</li>
<li>Compares modification dates of files.
</li>
<li>Files include images.
</li>
<li>Also works with <code>pdflatex</code> in <acronym>DVI</acronym> mode.
</li>
</ul>
</dl>
<p align="right"><a href="#several">[→</a>|<a href="#top-of-page"> ↑ ]</a></p><hr><a name="several"></a>
<h2>2 File Info List</h2>
This is about listing <em>all</em> files input in a LaTeX run, <em>or</em> ...
<h3><a name="sev-ltx"></a>a. Create in LaTeX Run</h3>
<small>
[ <a href="#latex">LaTeX</a> | <a href="#cl">classlist</a> | <a href="#dl">dateiliste</a> | <a href="#lnfl">longnamefilelist</a> | <a href="#mfl">myfilist</a> | <a href="#nfl">nicefilelist</a> ]
</small>
<dl>
<dt><strong><a name="latex"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/latex" target="_blank">latex</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>LaTeX provides <strong><code>\listfiles</code></strong> for the document preamble.
</li>
<li><code>\listfiles</code> issues a list of <strong>all</strong> files input in the <code>latex</code> run
near end of <code>.log</code> file, together with their infos according
to <code>\Provide...</code> commands.
</li>
<li>The list is a <strong>two-column</strong> “table” (plain text), <em>base</em> filenames
flush right, <em>info</em> (maybe date, maybe version, maybe anything) flush left.
</li>
<li>Any file whose base <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/filename" target="_blank">filename</a> has <strong>more than 8</strong> characters
or whose filename extension does <em>not</em> have 3 characters <strong>corrupts</strong> alignment.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="cl"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/classlist" target="_blank">classlist</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Remembers (separately) files input by (a) <strong><code>\documentclass</code></strong>
and what was input by (b) <strong><code>\LoadClass</code></strong>.
</li>
<li>On <strong><code>\PrintClassList</code></strong>, the list of loaded class files appears on screen.
</li>
<li>Configurable by <strong><code>\PrintClassListEntry</code></strong> and <strong><code>\PrintClassListTitle</code></strong>.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="dl"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/dateiliste" target="_blank">dateiliste</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Lists anything that the <a href="#latex">original</a> <code>\listfiles</code> would list.
</li>
<li><strong>Typesets</strong> the list as a LaTeX table, using package <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/longtable" target="_blank">longtable</a>.
</li>
<li>Separate <strong>columns</strong> for
<ul>
</li>
<li>filename
</li>
<li><em>page</em> where input (optionally)
</li>
<li>date
</li>
<li>version
</li>
<li>description (“caption”)
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Supports <strong><acronym>RCS</acronym></strong>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent Versions System" target="_blank"><acronym>CVS</acronym></a>,
and <acronym>SVN</acronym> (cf. <a href="#rcs">section below</a>).
</li>
<li>Highly configurable.
</li>
<li>E.g., you can replace info for a file by what you want to see in the list
(cf. <a href="#myfilist">myfilist</a>).
</li>
<li>I haven’t seen what happens with <em>plain text</em> (<code>.log</code>) output.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="lnfl"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/longnamefilelist" target="_blank">longnamefilelist</a></strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Overcomes <a href="#latex">LaTeX</a>’s “8-character limit”
by a new <strong>optional argument</strong> for <code>\listfiles</code>,
indicating number of characters to be reserved for
base filenames, e.g. accounting for “<code>longnamefilelist.sty</code>”:
<blockquote>
<code>\listfiles[16]</code>
</blockquote>
 — view
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/longnamefilelist/SrcFILEs.txt" target="_blank">example outcome</a>
</li>
<li>—showing combination with <a href="#mfl">myfilist</a>
</li>
<li>—while also working as single addition to
LaTeX <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base" target="_blank">base</a>,
<em>no</em> need of <a href="#mfl">myfilist</a> or <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/monofill" target="_blank">monofill</a>.
</li>
<li>Still, filename <strong>extension</strong>s with number of characters
differing from 3 break alignment. Martin Münch mentions
<code>t1cmtt.fd</code> (standard LaTeX font definition) and
<code>supp-pdf.mkii</code> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt" target="_blank">ConTeXt</a>).
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="nfl"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/nicefilelist" target="_blank">nicefilelist</a></strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Uses separate <strong>columns</strong> for <strong>date</strong> and <strong>time</strong>
(like <a href="#dl">dateiliste</a>).
</li>
<li>(Picky) recognition of “date” and “version” — if not present,
left <strong>empty</strong> or gets “missing” display:
<blockquote><code>
nicefilelist.sty 2012/03/29 v0.2 more file list alignment (UL)<br>
nicefilelist.tex 2012/03/23 -- documenting nicefilelist.sty
</code>
</blockquote>
(Martin Münch’s idea).
</li>
<li>Problem of varying filename <strong>extension</strong> lengths overcome
by actually keeping a separate flush-left column for them.
</li>
<li>Column widths configurable by <strong>templates</strong> — replace
pre-configuration (<a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/monofill" target="_blank">monofill</a> commands):
<blockquote><code>
\MFfieldtemplate{f-base} {nicefilelist} %% base name <br>
\MFfieldtemplate{f-ext} {tex} %% name extension <br>
\MFfieldtemplate{f-version}{v0.11a} %% version
</code>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>First code line above shows <strong>difference</strong> to <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/longnamefilelist" target="_blank">longnamefilelist</a>,
equivalent there would be <code>\listfiles[12]</code>.
nicefilelist does <em>not</em> provide an optional argument
for <code>\listfiles</code>.
</li>
<li>Column <strong>distances</strong> and “<strong>missing</strong>” display configurable too.
</li>
<li>Can be combined with <a href="#mfl">myfilist</a> — view
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicefilelist/doc/SrcFILEs.txt" target="_blank">output sample</a>.
</li>
<li>Needs just <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/monofill" target="_blank">monofill</a>, additionally to
LaTeX <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base" target="_blank">base</a>.
</li>
<li>nicefilelist v0.4 provides an option <code>[r]</code> to allow
“release numbers” in the column reserved for versions:
<blockquote><code>
nicefilelist.sty 2012/05/20 v0.4 more file list alignment (UL)<br>
nicefilelist.tex 2012/05/20 -- documenting nicefilelist.sty<br>
nicefilelist.RLS 2012/05/20 r0.4 v0.4 Kabelschacht + [r]
</code>
</blockquote>
<code>.RLS</code> files are an idea to provide/access a release summary.
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="mfl"></a><a name="myfilist"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/myfilist" target="_blank">myfilist</a></strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li>Allows <strong>removing</strong> all entries that LaTeX has collected
for <a href="#latex"><code>\listfiles</code></a> at a certain point
(<strong><code>\EmptyFileList</code></strong>).
</li>
<li>Then, by commands from <a href="#readprov">readprov</a>,
you can <strong>add arbitrary</strong> files to the list
(as they are <em>not</em> really <em>loaded</em>),
in the order you want to have them in the list.
(However, for many combinations of package files,
you could actually <em>load</em> them, without readprov.)
</li>
<li>Thus actually, you can set up a list of files you want to have
<em>independently</em> of a typesetting run ...
</li>
<li>... and actually, the <strong>intended</strong> application is generating the
list <strong>without</strong> any <strong>typesetting</strong>,
by running <code>latex</code> on a “<strong>script</strong>” file
just loading readprov and myfilist
and using only commands from <em>them</em>.
(No <code>\documentclass</code>, no <code>{document}</code> environment.)
</li>
<li>View
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/longnamefilelist/docsrc/srcfiles.tex" target="_blank">input example</a>
for <a href="#lnfl">longnamefilelist</a>.
</li>
<li>Besides <code>.log</code> output, the list can be written into a <strong>separate</strong>
plain text <strong>file</strong> — view
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/longnamefilelist/SrcFILEs.txt" target="_blank">output example</a>
for <a href="#lnfl">longnamefilelist</a>.
</li>
<li><strong>Main applications</strong> in my mind and actual work:
<ol>
</li>
<li>List of <code>.sty</code> and <code>.tex</code> files for <em>my</em>
<strong><acronym>CTAN</acronym> packages</strong> and <strong>bundles</strong>
(instead of the <code>.dtx</code>/<a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/docstrip" target="_blank">docstrip</a> system, I use <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/nicetext" target="_blank">nicetext</a>).
</li>
<li>List of <strong>package</strong> files specific to some <strong>project</strong>
that often change — manual replacement for a
“concurrent versions” system with single author.
E.g.:
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/nicetext" target="_blank">nicetext</a> packages underlying <strong>documentation</strong>
of a certain different package.
</li>
<li><strong>style</strong> files underlying a <strong>book</strong> project
at which authors and programmers work on changing computers.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>List of <strong>chapter</strong> <code>\include</code> files for a <strong>book</strong> project,
edited at changing computers (by a number of authors).
</li>
<li>Often, one <strong>forgets</strong> to <strong>update</strong> version information
in the <code>\Provides...</code> command — the myfilist
helps you to check this
(e.g., right before a release;
<a href="#filemod">filemod</a> might automate this check,
perhaps together with <a href="#readprov">readprov</a>,
<em>without</em> myfilist).
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>My actual <strong>workflow</strong> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash (Unix shell)" target="_blank">Bash (Unix shell)</a>:
<ul>
</li>
<li><strong><code>upsfl</code></strong> with
<blockquote><code>
alias upsfl='latex srcfiles'
</code>
</blockquote>
updates the list of source files,
and actually displays the updated list on screen.
</li>
<li><strong><code>shsfl</code></strong> with
<blockquote><code>
<code>alias shsfl='more SrcFILEs.txt'</code>
</code>
</blockquote>
displays the source file list without updating,
and waits when the list is too long for your (netbook) screen.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Combinable with <a href="#dl">dateiliste</a>?
</li>
</ul>
</dl>
<h3><a name="sev-ext"></a>b. Create by External Program</h3>
Hm, not so related, <em>no</em> infos (it seems), lists only;
so, just <em>“most related I could find”</em> for this section ...
<dl>
<dt><strong><a name="ltxinput"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/ltxinput" target="_blank">ltxinput</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS" target="_blank"><acronym>MS-DOS</acronym></a> utility
(compiled from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C (programming language)" target="_blank"><acronym>C</acronym></a>).
</li>
<li>Lists files that <em>would</em> be input (recursively).
</li>
</ul>
<dt><strong><a name="tle"></a><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/texlog-extract" target="_blank">texlog-extract</a>*</strong><dd>
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby (programming language)" target="_blank">Ruby</a> script.
</li>
<li>Lists files that issued errors and warnings (colored).
</li>
</ul>
</dl>
<p align="right"><a href="#rcs">[→</a>|<a href="#top-of-page"> ↑ ]</a></p><hr><a name="rcs"></a>
<h2><a name="rcs"></a>3 <acronym>RCS</acronym>/<acronym>SVN</acronym></h2>
For <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision control" target="_blank">revision control systems</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision control system" target="_blank"><acronym>RCS</acronym></a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache Subversion" target="_blank"><acronym>SVN</acronym></a>, there are
<ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/rcs" target="_blank">rcs</a>* · <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/rcsinfo" target="_blank">rcsinfo</a>* · <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/rcs-multi" target="_blank">rcs-multi</a>*
</li>
<li><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/svn" target="_blank">svn</a>* · <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/svninfo" target="_blank">svninfo</a>* · <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/svn-multi" target="_blank">svn-multi</a>*
</li>
<li><a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/svn-prov" target="_blank">svn-prov</a>* provides <acronym>SVN</acronym> variants of
<code>\ProvidesClass</code>, <code>\ProvidesFile</code>, and <code>\ProvidesPackage</code>.
</li>
</ul>
—sorry, I can’t tell more about them right now …
<p align="right"><a href="#thanks">[→</a>|<a href="#top-of-page"> ↑ ]</a></p><hr><a name="thanks"></a>
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
Thanks to Martin Münch, Moss
(I wrote this for his question),
and Rainer Schöpf!
<a href="#rcs"><acronym>RCS</acronym> stuff</a> mainly has been stolen from
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html#revision" target="_blank">Jürgen Fenn’s Topic Index</a> of the
<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue" target="_blank">TeX Catalogue</a>.
<p>
<hr>
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