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Site and Project
Administration
Archiving Site, Project, and Folder Contents
The ability to archive site, project, or folder contents provides administrators
with a convenient way to transfer a complete copy of files to a local computer
system. The Archive command is most often used when a project is closed out
or when there is a need to free space on your site.
When you archive contents, a copy of all the selected site, project, or folder
files, including all file versions and discussion and version comments, is copied
to your local computer. Version and discussion comments are converted to
HTML and are displayed in a list. All you have to do is select an item from the
list, and the built-in viewer loads and displays it in your browser.
Using Microsoft operating systems, the absolute limit on a file name, including
its path, is 256 characters. When an archive of your site is created on your local
computer, it must obey this limit. This means that if your site structure gets too
deep, the resulting path names on your local computer will be too long for the
archive command to work properly. Also note that Buzzsaw adds \Discussion
Comments\VC_XXXXX.htm or \Version Comments\VC_XXXXX.htm which
may push the archive command over the limit. If you are archiving to the
default destination, you also have \Program
files\ProjectPoint\Archive\projectpoint.Buzzsaw.com\ as part of the resulting
path. This means that for a successful archive to the default
destination, you must limit the path lengths on your site to no more
than 133 characters (including your site name).
After the contents have been copied, it's a good idea to verify that all the files
are in the specified target directory on your local computer. You can then safely
delete the items from your site as desired.
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