Which VS2008 files are important?
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Hi, Could anyone please advise which files in a VS2008 solution that I really don't need to back up as I have limited backup space? So far, candidates for exclusion are: *.pch, *.obj, *.sbr, *.ncb. How about *,pdb? Any others - particularly large files. Thanks :thumbsup:
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Hi, Could anyone please advise which files in a VS2008 solution that I really don't need to back up as I have limited backup space? So far, candidates for exclusion are: *.pch, *.obj, *.sbr, *.ncb. How about *,pdb? Any others - particularly large files. Thanks :thumbsup:
You don't need Debug and Release folders. Other than that the only large file is .ncb for VS2008. .pch and .pdb will be inside the Debug and Release folders. .pdb contains symbols and is be used for debugging. But this would only be needed if you're backing up the .exe as well. If you're having the source and intend to backup the source as is without worrying about versions, then you can get rid of the Debug and Release folders.
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Hi, Could anyone please advise which files in a VS2008 solution that I really don't need to back up as I have limited backup space? So far, candidates for exclusion are: *.pch, *.obj, *.sbr, *.ncb. How about *,pdb? Any others - particularly large files. Thanks :thumbsup:
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You don't need Debug and Release folders. Other than that the only large file is .ncb for VS2008. .pch and .pdb will be inside the Debug and Release folders. .pdb contains symbols and is be used for debugging. But this would only be needed if you're backing up the .exe as well. If you're having the source and intend to backup the source as is without worrying about versions, then you can get rid of the Debug and Release folders.
«_Superman_» _I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
«_Superman_» wrote:
If you're having the source and intend to backup the source as is without worrying about versions, then you can get rid of the Debug and Release folders.
Why are versions important? You can create tags to take care of versions.
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«_Superman_» wrote:
If you're having the source and intend to backup the source as is without worrying about versions, then you can get rid of the Debug and Release folders.
Why are versions important? You can create tags to take care of versions.
Are we talking about any version control system here?
«_Superman_» _I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
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Are we talking about any version control system here?
«_Superman_» _I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
Not sure what we're talking about actually... :laugh:
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Hi, Could anyone please advise which files in a VS2008 solution that I really don't need to back up as I have limited backup space? So far, candidates for exclusion are: *.pch, *.obj, *.sbr, *.ncb. How about *,pdb? Any others - particularly large files. Thanks :thumbsup:
For simplicity, I periodically backup my development folders using Xcopy with the exclude option. The common part of my exclude list is: (There may be extensions in there specific to some things we do, but it works regardless.) .aps .bsc .cod .err .exp .idb .ilk .jbf .lst .map .ncb .obj .opt .pcc .pch .pdb .plg .res .rsp .rtt .rtb .sbr .sup .stt .swp buildlog.htm mt.dep .intermediate.manifest .embed.manifest \bin\Debug \bin\Release \obj\Debug \obj\Release
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For simplicity, I periodically backup my development folders using Xcopy with the exclude option. The common part of my exclude list is: (There may be extensions in there specific to some things we do, but it works regardless.) .aps .bsc .cod .err .exp .idb .ilk .jbf .lst .map .ncb .obj .opt .pcc .pch .pdb .plg .res .rsp .rtt .rtb .sbr .sup .stt .swp buildlog.htm mt.dep .intermediate.manifest .embed.manifest \bin\Debug \bin\Release \obj\Debug \obj\Release
Thanks Joe, thats a useful list. Thanks also to everyone else who replied also. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cool: