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I am using Rational clearcase explorer to view VOB. I was created my dynamic view in view server,But I am not able to access my directory or folder. when I tried to access it throws an error like "Encountered an improper argument" in Rational clearcase explorer dialog box.

Mohamed Hanish
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  • PS: The vob is mounted. But the Network drive which has vob is in disconnected state. I don't know why it is shows disconnected after mount vob's. – Mohamed Hanish Apr 23 '15 at 10:43

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In a ClearCase Explorer, when accessing any folder, you must first access the vob.

That means you need to make sure the vob is mounted:

cleartool mount \myVob
# unix:
cleartool mount /vobs/myVob

If the vob is visible, but a folder is not accessible, you need to check its status as seen from its parent folder:

cd /myview/myVob/parent/folder
cleartool ls

That will give you a clue as to why you cannot access the subfolder.

As mentioned in the technote ""Encountered an improper argument" error displayed in ClearCase Native GUI", it can be a right issue:

If a principal has not been granted access to a VOB, an attempt to access the VOB from IBM® Rational® ClearCase Explorer returns the error, "Encountered an improper argument."

Resolving the problem

This error might imply insufficient permissions.

To determine the effective ACL on the object, use the command 

cleartool describe -eacl vob:\vobtag \vobtag

For ClearCase 8, you also have this bug:

When accessing a file or directory in the IBM Rational ClearCase GUIs, for example, ClearCase Explorer or the Version Tree Browser, that has permissions of 770, you will receive an error: 'Encountered an improper argument' rather than 'Access Denied' or 'Permission Denied' if you are not a member of the group that owns the element.

A fix is available in ClearCase versions 8.0.0.8 and 8.0.1.1

VonC
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  • Hi vonc, Thanks for the reply.. The vob is mounted. But the Network drive which has vob is in disconnected state. I don't know why it is shows disconnected after mount vob's. can you please Help me ? – Mohamed Hanish Apr 23 '15 at 10:02
  • @MohamedHanish What ClearCase Doctro mentions? What version of ClearCase are you using? – VonC Apr 23 '15 at 10:35
  • @MohamedHanish I meant "ClearCase Doctor" (like the one you see in http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21366273) – VonC Apr 23 '15 at 11:07