Adding FilesThe Add Files command allows you to add new files or folders to the open repository by selecting items accessible to the local machine. Adding a folder will recursively add all the files and subfolders in the selected folder.
To activate the dialog box, do one of the following:
· Select Add Files from the File menu.
· Select Add Files on the Toolbar.
· Select Add Files from the destination Folder’s secondary menu.
· Ctrl+N
The Add Files dialog box has two lists of files: the local file list and the pending list. The local file list will show only the files that do not already exist in the selected repository folder. The pending list also shows you the size of the file or folder being added to the repository. Both file lists allow multiple files to be selected.
Click Add on the dialog box to move a file from the local list to the pending list. Click Remove to remove an item from the pending list to the local list. A user can double-click a file on the local list or an item in the pending list to move it from one list to the other.
Commit Add Files
If Auto-Commit has been selected (default), the files and folders will be added to the Vault repository immediately. If Auto-Commit has not been selected, the files and folders will be added to the repository as part of the next check in transaction.
Please see Auto-Commit for more information.
The View File command allows a user to view the latest version of a file without checking it out or replacing the local copy of the file. To view the most recent version in the repository, select a file. Then do one of the following to bring up the View File dialog box.
· On the Edit menu, click View File.
· Click View on the Toolbar.
· Right-click the selected file to bring up the File List Context Menu, then click View.
· Double-click the selected file.
The Edit File command checks out a file and launches an external editor in a single operation. Select a file and do one of the following to launch the editor.
· On the Edit menu, click Edit File.
· Click Edit on the Toolbar.
· Right-click the selected file to bring up the File List Context Menu, then click Edit.
A working folder must be defined in order to edit a file. If the working folder is not defined, the Set Working Folder dialog box will be displayed first. Canceling the Set Working Folder will cancel the Edit command.
Check Out
After the working folder is set, the Check Out dialog box is displayed. If Check Out is cancelled or if the check out fails for any reason, the Edit operation is cancelled. If you successfully check the file out, the file will come up in the selected editor.
In Windows, Notepad is the default editor. To select a different editor as a default, please see External Programs Options.
The Delete command allows you to delete files from the repository. If multiple files are selected, the Delete command will delete them all at the same time. A user must have permissions set by the administrator in the Admin Tool to delete files. To activate the dialog box, click Delete from the File menu or on the Toolbar.
Please
Note: The Delete command is
non-destructive. The file or folder still exists in the history of the
repository and can be recovered by clicking the Undelete command found in the Folder Properties dialog box.
The Vault client does not allow
operations which destroy history. The Obliterate
command is available in the Vault Admin Tool.
You can delete a file that is currently checked out, even if it is exclusively checked out. A warning message is displayed before allowing this. If you attempt to check in a file that has been deleted, an error message will be displayed.
A file with a primary pin on it can be deleted. A file with a secondary pin can be deleted only if the parent folder with the primary pin is also being deleted. For example, if $/foo/bar is pinned, then the delete operation will succeed at $/foo and $/foo/bar but will fail on any subfolder or file within $/foo/bar. Please see Pin Files for more information.
Commit Delete
If Auto-Commit has been selected (default), the files will be deleted in the Vault repository immediately. If Auto-Commit has not selected, the files will be deleted in the repository as part of the next check in transaction.
Please see Auto-Commit for more information.