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+.\" Contributed by Lowell Skoog <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>
+.TH CVSCHECK LOCAL "4 March 1991" FLUKE
+.SH NAME
+sandbox_status \- identify files added, changed, or removed in a CVS working
+directory
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B sandbox_status
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This command is a housekeeping aid.  It should be run in a working
+directory that has been checked out using CVS.  It identifies files
+that have been added, changed, or removed in the working directory, but
+not CVS
+.BR commit ted.
+It also determines whether the files have been CVS
+.BR add ed
+or CVS
+.BR remove d.
+For directories, this command determines only whether they have been
+.BR add ed.
+It operates in the current directory only.
+.LP
+This command provides information that is available using CVS
+.B status
+and CVS
+.BR diff .
+The advantage of
+.B sandbox_status
+is that its output is very concise.  It saves you the strain (and
+potential error) of interpreting the output of CVS
+.B status
+and
+.BR diff .
+.LP
+See
+.BR cvs (local)
+or
+.BR cvshelp (local)
+for instructions on how to add or remove a file or directory in a
+CVS-controlled package.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+The exit status is 0 if no files have been added, changed, or removed
+from the current directory.  Otherwise, the command returns a count of
+the adds, changes, and deletes.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR cvs (local),
+.BR cvshelp (local)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Lowell Skoog
+.br
+Software Technology Group
+.br
+Technical Computing