The project-specific directory tells Rational Synergy to add the name of the project to the end of the base directory. The base directory is the default path for all work areas, which is %home\ccm_wa\%database on Windows and %home/ccm_wa/%database on UNIX.
About this task
If you change the default path, ensure that the work area paths are unique; that is, two work areas cannot have the same path. For example, you have a project named toolkit for both release 2.1 and 3.0. If you do not have a project-specific work area path set, both projects default to the same path. (The default setting ensures that work area paths are unique.)
Procedure
- Start the Options dialog box by clicking Tools in the main menu and choosing Options.
- Click the Actions tab, then click Copy Project in the left pane.
- Modify the project-specific directory template.
- Indicate whether you want a project-specific directory to be used as part of your work area path.
If you cancel the setting, the project-specific directory name no longer displays in the Example path using above settings box.
- Change the keywords used to further describe your project-specific directory.
You can use keywords to describe the format of the path. When you check out a project or change its work area path, the values appropriate to the project replace the keywords. For example, a directory template containing the keyword
%release is replaced with the release value for the project (for example, 2.0).
The directory template can contain multiple keywords, and can map to a directory tree (that is, a directory with subdirectories), rather than just a directory name.
- To return to the default settings, click Use Defaults.