file management

mifan · 01-18-2006, 03:17 PM

Is there a program for linux that will let users on the network checkout files from a server. this way only one user can edit a file at a time.(I don't want two people editing the same file at the same time.)

And, can this be compatible with windows also?

jlinkels · 01-18-2006, 03:22 PM

Do you mean something like RCS? Yes, it is CVS. As far as I know it can be used as a client server system, or a system just like RCS. You check out a file and others cannot update it.

I know this is a quite fuzzy answer, but maybe it gives you a hint into the right direction.

jlinkels

mifan · 01-18-2006, 03:33 PM

kinda like that.

When I was working in a company we used Xerox Docusahre.

I just was hoping there was an opensource alternative for a home network.

http://docushare.xerox.com/ds/

hw-tph · 01-18-2006, 05:59 PM

CVS should work, so should Subversion. With both you can check out a working copy, edit it, upload it to the shared repository (on the file server) and have yours and others changes to the file(s) merged. Subversion is rapidly gaining popularity as a CVS replacement.

Håkan