Clearcase find out view type

Question

What's the simplest way to know if my view is a snapshot view or dynamic view?

lstype doesn't help.

[tthangavel@wtl-lbuild-4 fw]$ cleartool lstype myview
cleartool: Error: Pathname not found: "myview".

Answer 1

Personally, for "the simplest way", I would go with:

cleartool lsview -l myview

The resulting output may include:

View attributes: snapshot,ucmview,webview

If it does not say snapshot, then it's a dynamic view.

From the manual, Rational ClearCase command reference - lsview

With the –full option, reports the following additional properties:

• When and by whom view-private data was last accessed

• When and by whom a view-private object was last updated

• When and by whom the config spec was last updated
• For a dynamic view, when and by whom a derived object was last created, promoted, and winked in
• For a dynamic view, whether it creates shareable derived objects or nonshareable derived objects The view's text mode
• Whether the view is a dynamic view, snapshot view, or a web view
• Whether the view is read-only or writable

ps: Yes, I indicate use the command -l/ong, but the documented explanation is the section for properties –pro/perties [ –ful/l | –text_mode ]; blame IBM.

Answer 2

Its path.

cleartool pwd

If it starts with /view or M:\, it is a dynamic view.
If not, it is a snapshot view.

Also the presence of load rules in its config spec:

cleartool catcs|grep load

There is never any load rules in a dynamic view.

See more at "What are the differences between a snapshot view and a dynamic view?".