Introduction of Windows Internal | Windows Internal Overview | Windows Internal Quick Guide
Windows Resource Kits The Microsoft® Windows Resource Kit Tools are a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, managing Active Directory®, configuring…
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Introduction of CGI | What is Common Gateway Interface (CGI)?
Any Server will (mostly) do CGI will not work without a server Your Server must allow CGI Your CGI application must be written in a language supported by your server…
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Buildforge common Issues and Troubleshooting | Buildforge Troubleshooting Guide
Know about the BuildForge Server before Troubleshooting. 1. What is the Full version of Build Forge being used (for example Build Forge 7.1.2.2-1-0111).This can be obtained under the console interface…
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MySQL Basic Troubleshooting Guide | MySQL common Issues
PLEASE NOTE: I am currently reviewing this Article. How to check the mysql file location: > which mysql > locate mysql Check mysqld process is started or not? > service…
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BuildForge – Exporting projects using bfexport | BuildForge Guide
Location: BuildForge Home Dir – Platform To display command syntax, use bfexport with no options. $ ./bfexport Usage: bfexport -l or: bfexport [-c comment] [-f filename] [-g] [-s] [-L] [-n]…
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SCM Build and Release Engineer Jobs Website | Portal
Build and Release Engineer Jobs | Build Engineer Jobs | Clearcase Administrator Jobs | Configuration Engineer Jobs | SCM Administrator Jobs | Release Engineer Jobs | Perforce Administrator Jobs |…
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Performance Optimization of Build Server | Performance Optimization Guide
Performance Optimization Checklist of Build Servers Build Infrastructure Level 1. Do you really need to build all source code or only the part of code which has changes? 2. Project…
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Make for Windows: NMake | What is Nmake?
Make for Windows: NMake What is Nmake? NMAKE is Microsoft’s implementation of the make tool. The Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility (NMAKE.EXE) is a 32-bit tool that builds projects based on…
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Versioning in Software Configuration Management | SCM Versioning Guide
Versioning in Software Configuration Management? Reference: This article has been take out from Book Called “The Build Master: Microsoft’s Software Configuration Management Best Practices” Why Worry About Versioning? Having a…
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Hardware Configuration – What are the Hardware Requirements for Build Server?
Hardware Configuration – Hardware Requirements for Build Server Reference: The Build Master: Microsoft’s Software Configuration Management Best Practices At a minimum, the build lab should have four machines: Server that…
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More Important Build Definitions | Different Build Definitions | Build Terminologies
More Important Build Definitions Reference: The Build Master: Microsoft’s Software Configuration Management Best Practices It is also important for groups or teams to define these terms on a project-wide basis…
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Different Perforce Tools and Their Short Summary | Know About Different Perforce tools
Different Perforce Tools and Their Short Summary Clients P4V: Visual Client – (Included in the P4V Installer) Provides access to versioned files through a graphical interface and also includes tools…
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Main Responsibilities of the Linux System Administrator | What Linux System Administrators do ?
Main Responsibilities of the Linux System Administrator is as follows: Maintaining User Accounts Security Managing the disk space and Backup Provisiom the new Linux Server based on the need Linux…
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Interview Questions and Answer for Build & Release Engineers
I get many emails and linkedin personal message about sharing interview questions for Build & Release Engineer and Configuration Engineer. I have asked some of my friends to share too…
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Most asked Perl Interview Questions and Answers
What is Perl one-liner?
There are two ways a Perl script can be run:
a)from a command line, called one-liner, that means you type and execute immediately on the command line. You’ll need the -e option to start like “perl -e “print “Hello”;”. One-liner doesn’t mean one Perl statement. One-liner may contain many statements in one line.
b)from a script file, called Perl program.
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How to Select the Right Software version Control Product?
Original link: http://www.cmcrossroads.com/cm-articles/275-articles/14286-selecting-the-right-software-version-control-product Selecting the Right Software Version Control Product Written by Mike Feighner For many years, I worked loyally for the same company where my expertise was restricted to…
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Use of p4 duplicate command | P4 Command Guide
Use of p4 duplicate command Problem Area is – Is there any possibility to rename branch name? as directory rename is possible? Solution is – p4 duplicate command What the…
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How to Execute external commands by using perl?
There are many ways to execute external commands from Perl. The most commons are: system function exec function backticks (“) operator open function All of these methods have different behaviour,…
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How Perforce changelist number works? | Perforce Guide
How Perforce change list number works? Perforce assigns numbers to changelists and also maintains a default changelist, which is numbered when you submit it. You can create multiple changelists to…
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Perforce Replication – What is Perforce Replication ?
Perforce Replication Replication is the duplication of server data from one Perforce Server to another Perforce Server, ideally in real time. You can use replication to: A replica server can…
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Perforce Slow Sync issues | Perforce Slow Sync Troubleshooting Guide
Perforce Slow Sync issues Network latency Sync Performance issues are not obvious with locally connected hosts, as the network latency is low. However, as latency increases, performance worsens. To correct…
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Git alias commands collection for faster easier
BASH aliases for GIT Following BASH aliases can be used in ~/.BASHRC alias g = “git status” alias ga = “git add” alias gaa = “git add .” alias gc…
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Difference between use and require in Perl – use Vs require in perl
|| use Vs require in perl || What is the difference between use and require? Except of course that use is evaluated at compile time where as require is evaluated…
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How to Understand Epoch & Unix Timestamp | Epoch Converter
What is epoch time? The Unix epoch (or Unix time or POSIX time or Unix timestamp) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT),…
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Perforce Network Troubleshooting Guide | How to Resolve Perforce Network Issues?
1. netstat -a Check to make sure that the server is running. netstat -a gives a list of all processes listening on network ports. Look for lines that contain “LISTEN”…
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A Successful Git branching model | Git branching model Guide
I was reading article and thought to repost here. It focuses around Git as the tool for the versioning of all of our source code. Why git? For a thorough discussion…
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Importance of Automation Tools in SCM
Importance of Automation Tools in SCM by John Ferguson Smart Since the dawn of time, people have been using tools to make their life easier. Tools let you solve a…
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Depot Migration between perforce servers with history and change list
There are many questions asked for the depot migration between server without losing any of the history such as… Moving depots across servers Moving depots between servers Move a product…
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IBM Rational ClearCase Version 7.1.1 release | Rational ClearCase New Version
IBM Rational ClearCase Version 7.1.1 release This information provides a brief description of the new features and restrictions in IBM Rational® ClearCase® Version 7.1.1 What’s New For a list of…
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Apache Subversion 1.7 has Arrived | What’s new in Subversion 1.7 ?
Apache Subversion 1.7 has Arrived Subversion 1.7.0 has been officially released today. With the release of Subversion 1.7 comes the release of Subversion Edge 2.1.0. This release of Subversion Edge…
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