Mounting a PVCS Directory

Before you can mount a PVCS filesystem, you need to install PVCS on your system. PVCS is not provided with the IDE.

  1. Choose Versioning and choose Mount Version Control and choose Generic VCS from the main window to open the New Generic VCS wizard.
  2. In the Version Control System Profile combo box, choose the PVCS configuration for your platform or for the platform most closely matching yours.
  3. In the Working Directory field, type or browse to the directory where you would like to store local files. Be sure to have a file called vcs.cfg with database information in this directory. If your working directory is already hooked up to the repository, the rest of the information on this panel is filled in for you.
  4. If your package root and your PVCS archive root are not the same, type or browse to the package root in the Relative Mount Point field. For more information about setting a relative mount point, see Setting a Relative Mount Point.
  5. Verify that the PVCS Repository Archive field is filled in correctly with the repository given in the working directory's vcs.cfg file. Be sure this directory includes the access.db database and the basecfg.cfg file. The basecfg.cfg file should specify the location of the access database in the ACCESSDB directive and the root of the repository directory the VCSDIR directive.
  6. If you want to configure advanced options or environment variables, click the Next button to the Advanced Options and Environment Variables panels of the wizard.
  7. Click Finish to exit the New Generic VCS wizard and mount the filesystem.
important In PVCS 6.7 the archive suffix has been changed. The result is that some commands can only be executed in advanced mode if the -s parameter is added to the commands.
See also
New Generic VCS Wizard
Mounting a Directory With Generic VCS Support
Mounting a CVS Filesystem
Mounting a Visual Source Safe Directory
VCS Command Properties
Variables in VCS Commands
Calling Version Control Commands

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