Adding shadow folders

When shadow folders are created, Surround SCM assumes it can add, override, and delete files. You must create an empty directory before you add a shadow folder. Creating an empty directory protects against files being overwritten and security issues, such as hackers.

1. Choose Tools > Administration > Shadow Folders.

The Shadow Folders dialog box opens.

2. Click Add.

The Add Shadow Folders dialog box opens.

3. Click Set to select the branch and repository.

The Repository Browser dialog box opens.

4. Select the branch and repository to shadow and click OK.

5. Enter the Shadow Path. This is the location of the shadow folder.

The path must be relative to and valid for the Surround SCM Server process that will use it. To provide increased security, you are required to manually enter the path. This ensures the shadow folder directory exists and that a user with proper authorization accesses the server computer to create it.

If you are the system administrator, you can use Windows Explorer or another file management application to browse to the shadow folder location, create the shadow folder directory, then copy and paste the location into the shadow path field.

6. Select the End-Of-Line Format to use for text files.

7. Select a File timestamp option. The timestamp is set when files are retrieved.

  • Current sets the timestamp to the current (time of retrieval) date and time.
  • Modified sets the timestamp to the date and time that the files were last modified.
  • Check in sets the timestamp to the date and time that the files were last checked in.

8. Select Recursive to recursively shadow all subrepositories in the selected repository.

9. Click OK.

The shadow folder is created.