Working Environments view

General Settings

Working Environment Config. Directory | Defines the location of the directory where Working Environment information files are maintained. By default, this is $SNIFF_DIR/workingenvs There are two Working Environment files: WorkingEnvUser.sniff - stores user and permissions information WorkingEnvData.sniff - stores the location of Working Environment root directories.

Default Working Environment | Defines the Working Environment where Projects are opened by default, that is when no specific Working Environment is selected.

Default Working Environment for Absolute Projects | Information for Absolute (Browsing-Only) Projects (that do not have a Working Environment as such) is maintained in this directory. Any directory where you have write permissions can be entered. By default, that is, if you do not enter anything in this field, the directory used is: On Windows %SNIFF_DIR%\Profiles\`Username` On Unix $HOME/.sniffrc The following information is maintained under this directory: Project cache files for fast opening of projects Retriever index files Cross Reference database files Note that the above information is only written to this directory if Absolute Projects are opened outside of a "normal" Working Environment, or if this Working Environment (at the root of the Working Environments Tree in the Working Environments tool) is specifically selected for opening absolute projects. if the Retriever indexing option and/or the database-driven Cross Referencing option is used.