Sun WorkShop TeamWare 2.1 User's Guide

Putback Action Summary

Table 8-5 summarizes the actions that Configuring takes during Putback transactions.

Table 8-5 Summary of Configuring Actions During a Putback Transaction

File in Parent 

File in Child 

Action by Configuring 

Exists 

Does not exist  

Block Putback and notify user 

Does not exist 

Exists 

Create the file in the parent 

Unchanged 

Unchanged 

None 

Unchanged 

Changed 

Update file in the parent. (Merge SCCS files and extract [via get] a g-file that consists of the most recent delta.)

Changed 

Unchanged 

Block Putback, notify user. 

Changed 

Changed 

Block Putback, notify user. 

Checked out 

Checked out* 

Block Putback, notify user. 

Unresolved conflict 

Unresolved conflict** 

Block Putback, notify user. 

*If a file is checked out in either the parent or the child, the transaction is blocked. See Table 8-4 for more information about putting back files that are checked out.

**If a conflict is unresolved in either the parent or the child, the transaction is blocked.