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| 18 | <h1>Introduction</h1> |
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| 20 | <p>This is the User Guide for the <em>Flexible Configuration Management</em> |
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| 21 | system which is known as <em>FCM</em>. It is designed to tell you everything |
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| 22 | you need to know if you want to develop code which has been configured within |
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| 23 | FCM. In addition it also provides the extra information you will need if you |
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| 24 | are system manager of a project within FCM.</p> |
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| 26 | <p>Note: some hyperlinks in this document lead to pages that are internal to |
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| 31 | <p>This guide consists of the following sections:</p> |
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| 33 | <ul> |
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| 34 | <li><a href="overview.html">System Overview</a>: A brief description of the |
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| 35 | main features of FCM.</li> |
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| 37 | <li><a href="getting_started.html">Getting Started</a>: How to start using |
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| 38 | FCM. It includes a tutorial for you to work through and |
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| 39 | familiarise yourself with some FCM activities.</li> |
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| 41 | <li><a href="code_management.html">Code Management System</a>: How to use |
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| 42 | the code management system to manage code changes.</li> |
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| 44 | <li><a href="working_practices.html">Code Management Working Practices</a>: |
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| 45 | Recommended ways of working with the code management system.</li> |
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| 47 | <li><a href="extract.html">The Extract System</a>: How to extract code from |
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| 48 | the repository ready for building.</li> |
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| 50 | <li><a href="build.html">The Build System</a>: How to compile code using |
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| 51 | the build system.</li> |
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| 53 | <li><a href="system_admin.html">System Administration</a>: How to configure |
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| 54 | and maintain a new system within FCM.</li> |
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| 56 | <li><a href="command_ref.html">FCM Command Reference</a>: Detailed |
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| 57 | information about each of the <em>fcm</em> commands.</li> |
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| 59 | <li><a href="further_info.html">Further Information</a>: Where to find |
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| 60 | further information about FCM and about configuration management in |
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| 61 | general.</li> |
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| 63 | <li>Annex: <a href="annex_quick_ref.html">Quick reference</a>: A quick |
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| 64 | reference to many useful FCM code management system commands.</li> |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | <li>Annex: Detailed definitions of what declarations are allowed in the |
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| 67 | following configuration files: |
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| 70 | <li><a href="annex_fcm_cfg.html">central/user</a></li> |
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| 72 | <li><a href="annex_ext_cfg.html">extract</a></li> |
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| 74 | <li><a href="annex_bld_cfg.html">build</a></li> |
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| 76 | <li><a href="annex_pck_cfg.html">build package</a></li> |
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