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Introduction

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Sun Workshop TeamWare (TeamWare) is a source management product that provides you and your team with:

You can access TeamWare through the command-line interface (CLI) or through several graphical-user interfaces (GUIs). The GUIs and a description of what they do is in the following table:

Table  2-1 TeamWare GUI Descriptions

Configuring

Software configuration management, previously called CodeManager.

Versioning

Version control. Versioning is a GUI for SCCS. Previously called VersionTool.

Building

Serial, parallel, or distributed make. Building is a GUI for the make utility. Previously called Maketool

Freezepointing

Obtaining a snapshot or freezepoint. Previously called FreezePoint.

Merging

Selectively merging two files. Previously called FileMerge.


How to Use the Documentation Supplied with TeamWare

There are several kinds of documentation provided with TeamWare. Each kind of documentation is designed to help you use TeamWare more easily. An explanation of the TeamWare documentation is provided in the following table.

Table  2-2 TeamWare Documentation

Type of Documentation
Best Use

Online help

Read online help when you want quick information on how to complete a task with TeamWare. For example, if you want to know how to set up a workspace using a GUI, use online help.

Online books

Sun Workshop TeamWare Users Guide

Sun Workshop TeamWare Solutions Guide

Read the Workshop TeamWare Users Guide (this book) if you want detailed information about TeamWare use.

Read the Workshop TeamWare Solutions Guide to see how others have used TeamWare to be more productive.

On-Item Help (spot help)

Read on-item (spot) help to find out about menus and window displays in the GUIs.

Manual pages (man pages)

Read the manual pages when you want quick information about completing a task with the CLI. For example, if you want to know how to set up a workspace using the CLI, use man pages.

Video

View the video to quickly get an idea of how to use all of TeamWare.

Refer to "How to Get Help" on page xvi of the Preface to see how to access the various types of information.




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