Overview of initial tasks

This section gives you an overview of the tasks for setting up your command client and shared server. The tasks in this workflow should be performed once, and in the order presented in the following table:

Step	Task	Stream or classic user	Link
1	Create a working directory	Both	Create a working directory
2	Log in to the shared server or start up a shared server	Both	Log in to the shared server or Start up a shared server
3	Start up the command line client and verify the connection to the server	Both	Start up the command line client and verify the connection to the server
4	Create a stream depot	Stream	Create a stream depot
5	Create a mainline stream	Stream. Classic users, see Organizing the depot.	Create a mainline stream
6	Define a workspace	Both	Define a workspace and bind it to the stream
7	Bind the workspace to the stream	Stream	Define a workspace and bind it to the stream
8	Populate the mainline stream	Stream. Classic users populate a codeline.	Populate the mainline stream