[pdftex] current filename and current filedate ?

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:39:12PM +0100, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:

> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>:
> >
> [snip]
> > Simply define something like:
> > 
> > \def\RCSId $Id: #1,v #2 #3/#4/#5 #6 #7 #8 #9 ${
> [snip]
> 
> But you couldn't put the file containing this definition under version
> control, then, could you? Any workarounds there?

Why not?
For example:

%%% test.tex %%%
\def\RCSId $%
  Id: #1,v #2 #3/#4/#5 #6 #7 #8 ${%
  \def\fileRCSversion{#2}%
  \def\fileRCSdate{#3-#4-#5}%
  \def\fileRCStime{#6Z}%
}%
\RCSId $Id: test.tex,v 1.3 2003/12/19 13:59:08 one Exp $

Version: \fileRCSversion\filbreak
Date: \fileRCSdate\filbreak
Time: \fileRCStime
\bye
%%% test.tex %%%

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>