what is checkin & checkout ?

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / balanandha

Checkout:Getting the source to your working folder from the
VSS.We can change or modify the source.
Checkin:Put the checkout source again into the VSS,so the
others can get the modified source.

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / satyanarayana.a

Checkin and check out are terms used when we are using
versioncontroltool VSS
CHECK IN:By using this option we can store(upload) our
documents in vss.This will provide security to our
documents , authorised people can use these documents based
on the permissions given to them.
CHECK OUT:This is used to collect(retrieve) a copy of the
already stored document to our desired location.
Here vss takes care of versions .

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / g.mallikarjun

The words Check in and check out are used in configuration
management tool like VSS.
check in is used to open the document to update the old
version to new.
check out is used to keep the document where it is exactly.





mallikarjun.g@zapak.com

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / sivaji

small correction in above answer

VSS is a configuration management tool.
Now first we speak of checkout .Its basically used to take
doccument or source from the repository(SVN) into your
workspace(that can be JDK 1.6 or 1.5)and use it.

Checkin is used to send back the source which you have
updated from your workspace to SVN

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / rituparna

The words Check in and check out are used in configuration
management tool like VSS.
1.Check in is used to update the older version to new one.
2.Check out is used to lock & edit the file.

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what is checkin & checkout ?..

Answer / aby

VSS is a configuration management tool.
Now first we speak of checkout .Its basically used to take
doccument or source from the repository(SVN) into your
workspace(that can be JDK 1.6 or 1.5)and use it.

Checkout is used to send back the source which you have
updated from your workspace to SVN

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 5 No

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