The Perforce Version Copy Utility (VCP)

About the VCP

The Perforce Version Copy Utility(VCP) is an outgrowth of the Revision Markup Language (RevML) project developed under Perforce contract to Perforce by Barrie Slaymaker. VCP ('version copy') copies versions of files from one repository to another, translating as much metadata as possible along the way. This allows you to copy and translate files and their histories between revision storage systems.

Downloads

• INSTALL.txt -- Installation instructions
• release-notes.txt -- What's new and what's changed
• vcp-1.0.0-sol.i386.rpm -- RPM for Solaris 8, 9
• vcp-1.0.0-rhl.i386.rpm -- RPM for Red Hat Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• vcp-1.0.0-win2k.i386.exe -- Binary for Windows 2000
• vcp-1.0.0-winxp.i386.exe -- Binary for Windows XP
• vcp-1.0.0.tar.gz -- Source for VCP for supported and unsupported installs on other platforms
• build-vcp.tgz -- Installation and build package for producing binary releases
• INSTALL-unix.txt -- Install Installations for producing binary releases for linux and bsd
• INSTALL-windows.txt -- Install Installations for producing binary releases for win2k and xp
• INSTALL-solaris.txt -- Install Installations for producing binary releases for solaris
• vcp-0.9-bsd5.2.1.exe.gz -- Binary for FreeBDS 5.2.1
• vcp-0.9-sol5.9x86.exe.gz -- Binary for Solaris 5.9 x86
• vcp-0.9-linux2.4.22.exe.gz -- Binary for Linux 2.4.22 kernel (Mandrake 9.2)

Documentation

Full documentation is included with the VCP distribution. The documentation is also available here in the Perforce Public Depot for easy browsing. Help is also available from the installed vcp program using 'vcp help'.

• VCP Module Table of Contents for release 1.0.0
• VCP Module Table of Contents for release 0.90
• VCP Code Maintenance Tips and Tricks
• VCP Handling of Newlines - Newline, ^Z, and NULL
• VCP How it works

Project Background

The Perforce Version Copy Utility (VCP) is an outgrowth of the Revision Markup Language (RevML) project developed under Perforce contract to Perforce by Barrie Slaymaker. All of the project reports, plans, designs, source code, and other documents are visible at the project web site at <http://www.slaysys.com/project/vcp/>. The product is still maintained there. See VCP::License (VCP help license) for the terms of use.

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