When you check out or get a copy of an item revision, it is placed in your work area. By default, an item revision is placed in a location relative to its path in the project, and the newly-created file is given the item project filename.
For example, on a Windows computer, if your root folder is c:\payroll and the item project filename is src\cabin.c, the item is copied into a file named c:\payroll\src\cabin.c.
Similarly, on a UNIX computer, if your root directory is /usr/home/payroll, the item src/cabin.c is copied into a file named /usr/home/payroll/src/cabin.c.
When you check out or get a copy of an item revision, you can override either both the folder into which the item is placed and the item filename. For example, if you were examining an earlier revision of an item, you might want to place the copy in a different location than the latest revision.
If the default location of an item would be c:\payroll\src\cabin.c, you could place the item in c:\temp\src\cabin.c (to change the folder) or in c:\payroll\src\cabincopy.c (to change the filename).
Related Topics
About Items and Item Revisions