Using Version Archives

Each version corresponds to a subdirectory of the RunGTAP directory. The subdirectory has the same name as the version and contains a collection of files that make up the version. RunGTAP allows you to store the whole collection as a compressed (ZIP) archive. You can also load such an archive to create a new RunGTAP version.

Version archives are most useful if you have made a habit of saving your experiments immediately after successful simulations. In that case the version archive will enable you to repeat these experiments.

You could use version archives in several ways:

(a) Create an archive as a snapshot of your work.

(b) Create an archive on floppy disk that you post to another RunGTAP user. They can load the archive as a new version and then replicate all your simulations (as long as as their version of RunGTAP is not too old).

(c) Create a new version based on the current version. First save the current version (say, MYMODEL) as an archive. Then load that archive with a new version name (say, MYMODEL2). The current RunGTAP version will then be MYMODEL2.

(d) Create a backup version based on the current version - which you propose to alter. First save the current version (say, MYMODEL) as an archive. Then load that archive with a new version name (say, OLDMODEL). The current RunGTAP version will then be OLDMODEL. Use the Version..Change command to go back to MYMODEL.

See also Creating Version Archives and Loading Version Archives

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