---
name: "VCP"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvcp-perl"
version: "0.9-20050110-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/VCP"
---

# VCP(3pm)

Versioned Copy, copying hierarchies of versioned files

## NAME

VCP - Versioned Copy, copying hierarchies of versioned files

## SYNOPSIS

see the vcp command line.

## DESCRIPTION

This module copies hierarchies of versioned files between repositories, and between repositories and RevML (.revml) files.

Stay tuned for more documentation.

## METHODS

- new

  ```
     $ex = VCP->new( $source, $dest ) ;
  ```

  where

  ```
     $source  is an instance of VCP::Source
     $dest    is an instance of VCP::Dest
  ```

- insert\_required\_sort\_filter

  Called if a sorting filter must be inserted.

  Does nothing if there's already a sort filter in place.

- copy\_all

  ```
     $vcp->copy_all( $header, $footer ) ;
  ```

  Calls `$source`-\>handle\_header, `$source`-\>copy\_revs, and `$source`-\>handle\_footer.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000, Perforce Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

This module and the VCP package are licensed according to the terms given in the file LICENSE accompanying this distribution, a copy of which is included in vcp.

## AUTHOR

Barrie Slaymaker \<barries@slaysys.com\>