C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench Configuration Manager
Understanding SoftBench CM
Chapter 390
Understanding SoftBench CM
SoftBench CM helps you manage software development projects that
consist of many versions and configurations. Using SoftBench CM, you
can retrieve and build any version of an application in a consistent,
repeatable manner.
SoftBench CM is fully integrated with the SoftBench environment. You
can access the tool through the SoftBench main window or from the
SoftBench vi Editor, SoftBench XEmacs Editor, SoftBench Debugger, and
SoftBench Class Graph/Editor (see Figure 3-1). The SoftBench main
window and related tools include menu selections for checking files into
and out of an archive, creating initial file versions, cancelling file check
outs, showing the revision history of files, and comparing file revisions.
Figure 3-1 Integration of SoftBench CM with SoftBench
Each SoftBench CM server is configured to manage one or more
archives — a directory hierarchy consisting of versioned files. You can
access archives on multiple local or remote servers, support an unlimited
number of licensed users per server, and store as many files as archive
disk space allows. SoftBench CM uses GNU RCS ™ as its versioning
system, so each versioned file is an RCS file that contains file revision
information, multiple revisions of content, descriptive text, and control
attributes.
To access files contained within a given archive, you establish a
mapping between the archive file system and your local file system.
This lets you create local copies of the files you need to access or browse