LINUX - Source Code Control with Perforce doesn't register

[MikeAshe@SOAR]

Hi all,

We are trying to implement Source Code Control using Perforce on a Linux
host server, with both Linux and Windows clients over our LAN. The server
installation on Linux seems to work okay, and when we try to install a
Client on another machine that is Windows based, then select Tools>>Source
Code Control>>Configure SCC Options we get the Perforce option (along with
default) in the menu list of Providers.

However, when we install the Perforce client on another Linux box Perforce
does not show up on the Providers menu. Is there a simple step we are
missing?

We are using LabVIEW 6.1 in all these installations.

TIA !
Mike
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[Jim_Kring]

Hi, Mike!

I have dug into the SCC VIs and found that the Perforce interface is via a command line (system exec). There seems to be no (good) reason that that approach shouldn't work on Linux. It might be that LabVIEW doesn't discover it. However, there may be a way to make LabVIEW blindly use Perforce. I don't have Perforce installed, but I was able to fool it into attempting to communicate with Perforce when I executed the various Tools >> Source Code Control cammands. Add the following to the /scccfg.ini file.

******************
[Common]
workDir=
providerName="Perforce"
providerLabel="Perfoce"
providerDir=P4

[Perforce]
Ports=""
Filter=""
P4CONFIG=""
Locks=TRUE
SingleChkOut=TRUE
ReadOnly=TRUE

******************

Good luck,

-Jim

[MikeAshe@SOAR]

Problem solved, some of the Perforce files needed to be in different
directories.


"Michael Ashe" wrote in message
news:3e4a58a0@newsgroups....
> Hi all,
>
> We are trying to implement Source Code Control using Perforce on a Linux
> host server, with both Linux and Windows clients over our LAN. The server
> installation on Linux seems to work okay, and when we try to install a
> Client on another machine that is Windows based, then select Tools>>Source
> Code Control>>Configure SCC Options we get the Perforce option (along with
> default) in the menu list of Providers.
>
> However, when we install the Perforce client on another Linux box
Perforce
> does not show up on the Providers menu. Is there a simple step we are
> missing?