Setting File Storage Options

StarTeam stores status information for the files in your working folder in a central location on your workstation or in a child folder (named .sbas) of each working folder.

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Setting File Status Storage for a Specific View

Normally, this view property defaults to the storage method that you have selected as a personal option. You can, however, select a storage method for a specific view. If you do so, this setting takes precedence over the personal option.

To set file status storage for a specific view, do the following:

1. Choose View > Properties.

   The View Properties dialog box opens.

2. Select Central or Per Folder in the File Status Repository group.

   Central

   If several users all check files in and out of StarTeam from a shared working folder, file statuses are stored on each of their computers. Whenever a user makes a change to a file in the working folder, the status for that file is updated only on that user's computer. Everyone else sees the status Unknown for that file. Over time, all the files may have been changed, and the statuses can become Unknown for all users of all files.

   Per Folder

   Most useful in the case where multiple users are sharing a working folder because it causes the statuses to be updated within the working folder itself. Everyone has access to those status changes and Unknown statuses do not occur.

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Setting File Status Storage for all Files

You can set file status storage for all your files through a personal option setting that controls file status information for all your files. This setting applies to all files that are in views for which you have not set a file status property.

To set file status storage for all files, do the following:

1. Choose Tools > Personal Options to open the Personal Options dialog box.
2. Click the Files tab.

3. Select Central or Per Folder option in the File Status Repository group.

   Central

   If several users all check files in and out of StarTeam from a shared working folder, file statuses are stored on each of their computers. Whenever a user makes a change to a file in the working folder, the status for that file is updated only on that user's computer. Everyone else sees the status Unknown for that file. Over time, all the files may have been changed, and the statuses can become Unknown for all users of all files.

   Per Folder

   Most useful in the case where multiple users are sharing a working folder because it causes the statuses to be updated within the working folder itself. Everyone has access to those status changes and Unknown statuses do not occur.

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