Recently there have been a couple posts about moving working directories and the .MySCMServerInfo file. Some users are not sure what this file is, what it is for, and what it does. During one of my on-site visits, a user thought that the application was being used incorrectly because all of these strange .MySCMServerInfo files kept popping up in every working directory. Even as the user deleted the .MySCMServerInfo files, they kept coming back!
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.myscmserverinfo file
It’s well known that Surround SCM is a pretty flexible and forgiving source control tool from a developer’s perspective. What is less well known is how flexible and forgiving it is for administrators.
The technical publications team here uses MadCap Flare to produce our user guides and help files. We also use Surround SCM for versioning and managing the doc review process. Since Flare is Windows-only and I’m a on a Mac, I frequently run it in VMware Fusion.
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