Sun WorkShop TeamWare: User's Guide: 2 - Introduction

# Introduction | # 2 |

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

- software configuration management
- version control
- change control
- integration support
- release support

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.