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A more highly structured document, suitable for data interchange. Many web browsers
can display XML documents.
Note: The XML-format file does not include a DTD or Schema.
CSV
("comma-separated values") A line-by-line text format, suitable for importing into various
applications. On Windows machines, AccuWork automatically attempts to invoke
Microsoft Excel, to display the export file.
User-Specified Names for AccuRev Entities
AccuRev deals with many kinds of named entities: files, directories, pathnames, depots, users,
and so on. The table below details the restrictions on user-defined names for the various entities.
Note that all names are case-sensitive; for example, user john is not the same as user John.
Note: In the table below, “characters” means NON-NULL characters. Do not subtract 1 to
account for the terminating NUL.
Kind
depot
stream
snapshot
workspace
reference tree
user
group
Maximum
Name Length
79
Characters Allowed in
Name
A-Z,a-z,0-9
- _ . + @ SPACE
Character Restrictions
cannot begin with a digit or with "."
99 same as above must begin with a letter
password 19 any
pathname of
slice
(of a depot or
replica)
pathname of
workspace
pathname of
reference tree
segment
(between
slashes) of
element
pathname
255
127
255
name validation
performed by the
operating system
name validation
performed by the
operating system
name validation
performed by the
operating system
none (caution: this means that special
characters, such as BACKSPACE are
valid password characters)
applied by the operating system
applied by the operating system
applied by the operating system
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