Interactive Methods

init

Initialize the machine

Next state: source_id_prompt

source_id_prompt: Source id

A symbolic name for the source repository. This is used to organize the VCP databases and to refer to the source repository in other places.

Must consist of a leading letter then letters, numbers, underscores and dashes only.

Valid answers:

     => source_type_prompt
    

source_type_prompt: Source type

The kind of repository to copy data from.

Valid answers:

    p4 => source_p4_run_p4d_prompt
    vss => source_vss_vssroot_prompt
    cvs => source_cvs_cvsroot_prompt
    

dest_id_prompt: Destination id

A symbolic name for the destination repository. This is used to organize the VCP databases and to refer to the destination repository in other places.

Must consist of a leading letter then letters, numbers, underscores and dashes only.

Valid answers:

     => dest_type_prompt
    

dest_type_prompt: Destination SCM type

The kind of repository to copy data to.

Valid answers:

    cvs => dest_cvs_cvsroot_prompt
    p4 => dest_p4_run_p4d_prompt
    vss => dest_vss_vssroot_prompt
    

wrapup: Next step

What to do with all of the entered options.

Valid answers:

    Save config file and run => save_config_file
    Save config file and exit => save_config_file
    

save_config_file: Config file name

What filename to write the configuration file to.

Valid answers:

    Config filename => convert
    

convert

Run VCP with the options entered

dest_p4_run_p4d_prompt: Launch a p4d for the destination

If you would like to insert into an offline repository in a local directory, vcp can launch a 'p4d' daemon for you in that directory. It will use a random high numbered TCP port.

Valid answers:

    yes => dest_p4_p4d_dir_prompt
    no => dest_p4_host_prompt
    

dest_p4_p4d_dir_prompt: Destination P4ROOT

The directory of the destination repository, p4d will be launched here.

Valid answers:

     => dest_p4_user_prompt
    

dest_p4_host_prompt: Destination P4PORT

The hostname/IP address and port of the p4d to write to, separated by a colon. Defaults to the default P4PORT variable as reported by the 'p4 set' command (with a final default to "perforce:1666" if the p4 set command does not return anything).

Valid answers:

    perforce:1666 => dest_p4_user_prompt
    

dest_p4_user_prompt: Destination P4USER

The username to connect to the destination p4d with. Defaults to the user reported by the 'p4 set' command (with a final default to the USER environment variable if the p4 set command does not return anything).

Valid answers:

     => dest_p4_password_prompt
    

dest_p4_password_prompt: Destination P4PASSWD

The P4PASSWD needed to access the server. Leave blank to use the default reported by P4PASSWD.

WARNING: entering a password will cause it to be echoed in plain text to the terminal.

Valid answers:

     => dest_p4_filespec_prompt
    

dest_p4_filespec_prompt: Destination File Specification

Where to place the transferred revisions. This is a perforce repository spec and must begin with "//" and a depot name ("//depot"), not a local filesystem spec or a "//client" or "//label" spec.

Valid answers:

    //depot/directory-path/... => wrapup
    

dest_cvs_cvsroot_prompt: Destination CVSROOT

Specifies the destination CVS repository location and protocol. Defaults to the CVSROOT environment variable. If this is a local directory, VCP can initialize it for you.

Valid answers:

     => dest_cvs_filespec_prompt
    

dest_cvs_filespec_prompt: Destination CVS filespec

Where to copy revisions to in the destination specified by CVSROOT. This must start with a CVS module name and may be in a subdirectory of the result:

    module/...
    module/path/to/directory/...
    module/path/to/file
    

For directories, this should contain a trailing "..." wildcard, like "module/b/..." to indicate that the path is a directory.

Valid answers:

    module/filepath/... => dest_cvs_init_cvsroot_prompt
    

dest_cvs_init_cvsroot_prompt: 'cvs init' the destination CVSROOT

If the destination CVSROOT is a local directory, should VCP initialize a cvs repository in it?

Valid answers:

    yes => wrapup
    no => wrapup
    

dest_vss_vssroot_prompt: Destination SSDIR

The directory that will contain the srcsafe.ini file for the destination repostiory.

Valid answers:

     => dest_vss_user_prompt
    

dest_vss_user_prompt: Destination SSUSER

Enter the SSUSER value needed to access the destination server. Defaults to the current environment's SSUSER or 'Admin'.

Valid answers:

     => dest_vss_password_prompt
    

dest_vss_password_prompt: Destination SSPWD

If a password (SSPWD) is needed to access the destination server, enter it here. Defaults to the current SSPWD if one is set.

WARNING: entering a password will cause it to be echoed in plain text to the terminal.

Valid answers:

     => dest_vss_filespec_prompt
    

dest_vss_filespec_prompt: Destination VSS filespec

Enter the vss filespec of the destination directory, with or without a leading "$/" or "/" (all names are taken as absolute).

Valid answers:

     => dest_vss_mkss_prompt
    

dest_vss_mkss_prompt: 'mkss' the destination SSDIR

If the destination SSDIR is a local directory, should VCP use mkss to initialize a vss repository in it?

Valid answers:

    yes => wrapup
    no => wrapup
    

source_p4_run_p4d_prompt: Launch a p4d for the source

If you would like to extract from an offline repository in a local directory, vcp can launch a 'p4d' daemon for you in that directory. It will use a random high numbered TCP port.

Valid answers:

    no => source_p4_host_prompt
    yes => source_p4_p4d_dir_prompt
    

source_p4_p4d_dir_prompt: Source P4ROOT

The directory of the source repository. The source p4d will be launched here.

Valid answers:

     => source_p4_user_prompt
    

source_p4_host_prompt: Source P4PORT

Enter the name and port of the p4d to read from, separated by a colon. Defaults to what is in config file, then the P4HOST environment variable if set or "perforce:1666" if not.

Valid answers:

    perforce:1666 => source_p4_user_prompt
    

source_p4_user_prompt: Source P4USER

Enter the P4USER value needed to access the server. Defaults to the P4USER value reported by p4 set (with a final default to the USER environment variable if p4 set does not return anything).

Valid answers:

     => source_p4_password_prompt
    

source_p4_password_prompt: Source P4PASSWD

If a password (P4PASSWD) is needed to access the server, enter it here. Defaults to the current P4PASSWD if one is set.

WARNING: entering a password will cause it to be echoed in plain text to the terminal.

Valid answers:

     => source_p4_filespec_prompt
    

source_p4_filespec_prompt: Source File specification

If you want to copy a portion of the source repository, enter a p4 filespec starting with the depot name. Do not enter any revision or change number information.

Valid answers:

    //depot/directory-path/... => dest_id_prompt
    

source_cvs_cvsroot_prompt: Source CVSROOT

The CVSROOT to read revisions from. Defaults to the CVSROOT environment variable.

Valid answers:

    cvsroot spec => source_cvs_filespec_prompt
    

source_cvs_filespec_prompt: Source CVS filespec

Enter the cvs filespec of the file(s) to copy. This must start with a CVS module name and end in a filename, directory name, or "..." wildcard:

    module/...
    module/file
    module/path/to/subdir/...
    module/path/to/subdir/file
    

Valid answers:

    module/filepath/... => source_cvs_working_directory_prompt
    

source_cvs_working_directory_prompt: Source CVS working directory

Enter the CVS working directory (Optional). VCP::Source::cvs will cd to this directory before calling cvs and won't initialize a CVS workspace of its own. Leave blank to allow VCP to use a temporary directory.

Valid answers:

     => source_cvs_binary_checkout_prompt
    

source_cvs_binary_checkout_prompt: Force binary checkout

Pass the -kb option to cvs, to force a binary checkout. This is useful when you want a text file to be checked out with Unix linends, or if you know that some files in the repository are not flagged as binary files and should be.

Valid answers:

    no => source_cvs_use_cvs_prompt
    yes => source_cvs_use_cvs_prompt
    

source_cvs_use_cvs_prompt: Use cvs executable

This forces VCP to use the cvs executable rather than read local CVSROOT directories directly. This is slower, but may be used to work around any limitations that might crop up in VCP's RCS file parser.

Valid answers:

    yes => dest_id_prompt
    no => dest_id_prompt
    

source_vss_vssroot_prompt: Source SSDIR

The directory containing the srcsafe.ini file for the source repository.

Valid answers:

     => source_vss_user_prompt
    

source_vss_user_prompt: Source SSUSER

Enter the SSUSER value needed to access the server. Defaults to the current environment's SSUSER or 'Admin'.

Valid answers:

     => source_vss_password_prompt
    

source_vss_password_prompt: Source SSPWD

If a password (SSPWD) is needed to access the server, enter it here. Defaults to the current SSPWD if one is set.

WARNING: entering a password will cause it to be echoed in plain text to the terminal.

Valid answers:

     => source_vss_filespec_prompt
    

source_vss_filespec_prompt: Source VSS filespec

Enter the vss filespec of the file(s) to copy, with or without a leading "$/" or "/" (all names are taken as absolute). To copy more than one file, use a "..." or "*" wildcard:

    ...                      Copy entire repository
    project1/...             Copy entire project
    project1/file            Copy one file
    project1/dir/...         Copy a subdirectory
    project1/dir/file*.bas   Copy a set of files
    

Valid answers:

     => source_vss_undocheckout_prompt
    

source_vss_undocheckout_prompt: Issue "ss undocheckout" as needed

If set, VCP will undo users' checkouts when it runs in to the "File ... is checked out by ..." error. This occurs, at least, when scanning metadata for a checked-out file when there is also a deleted version of the same file.

Valid answers:

    yes => dest_id_prompt
    no => dest_id_prompt