Questions tagged [cleartool]

Cleartool is the command line interface of IBM Rational ClearCase toolsuit for software configuration management.

Cleartool is the primary command-line interface to ClearCase and ClearCase LT version-control and configuration management software. It has a rich set of subcommands that create, modify, and manage the information in VOBs and views.

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Counting the number of artifacts in clearcase repository

I'm looking to get a count of the number of artifacts in my repository. Is there a way to get an artifact count in Rational clearcase via cleartool?
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COM reference or Command tool for ClearTeam Explorer

I have been using IBM Rational ClearTeam Explorer version 8.0.0. I like to come up with customized tool(WPF application) to performing ClearTeam actions like makebaseline, checkin, checkout. Is there any command tool and COM object availabe to…
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Could i make a custom function in Clearcase's Toolbox ?

I want to make a new icon and a fuction for clearcase, i want to activate and deactivate the element * MAIN/LATEST function without to change manually the config spec. I would like to have also the icon on my toolbox so i could know every time if…
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Cleartool changes config spec, but does not update view

I am using Cleartool in a build script to update a dynamic view's config spec. The script is a perl script being run on Cygwin. The Cleartool command successfully changes the config spec of the dynamic view, but it does not update the view itself.…
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cleartool format string for displaying hyperlinks

Is there a cleartool describe format string or any other command that will print only the hyperlinks from an object? Like: cleartool describe -long -ahlink -all vob:\MyVOB but without the leading information.
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Clearcase element aliases and issues with it

When i do describe on "a.txt" ( a file in base CC vob) , i see "two visible paths" in the output and the file can be seen from both the paths. In other words, a.txt is seen in two different folders and when you do a version tree, you see the same…
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Clearcase: How to know the labels which were applied on the target of a symbolic link

If a file A is not symbolic link, we can use describe to get the labels which were applied on its current version. But if it is symbolic link, we can just use describe to get a relative path of the target file. Is there any easy way to list the…
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Clearcase "pname" for a VOB

I'm trying to change the ownership on a VOB, and I see that the cleartool protect command has a chown option. It's asking for a pname, and I can't seem to find documentation on what a pname is or how to specify one. I guess my questions boil down…
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Base ClearCase- Prevent merge from a specific branch

Can someone guide me to deal with this in the right and best way? I have two active dev branches where-in the same code base is being modified and one integration branch in a base clearcase environment. But i wanted to prevent code promotion from…
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Removing old symbolic links in clearcase

Using: cleartool find . -kind slink -print Shows me symbolic links in my vob However, the folder no longer exists, and it requires me to check out the parent folder to rmname the link. Any advice, on how I can remove this symbolic link?
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What is the svn equivalent to winkin in clearcase?

I am new to svn, however I am at present making the transition of some Perl scripts from ClearCase. I know that Clearcase have dynamic views, so it can access one or more derived objects (DOs) from a dynamic view, or convert a nonshareable derived…
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Is there a deprecated flag in clearcase?

Is there any way in Clearcase to set a file as deprecated? My(Use)-case: I have a project (a simulation environment) which has some (old) version. I realized that my directory structure is bad during the developing. I want to put some files to…
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How to find activities attached to a View?

I would like to find the activity which I previously set to a view. Is there a command that I can use to find out all the activities set to the view? Say view name is myView and activity is PRTLB12345. I had set the activity to the view like…
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lshistory command does not give the logs of subfolders?

I am trying to get the changes in the files in a particular folder which have subfolders also example folder a3 - folder a3 - App.java - folder com -folder akshay - folder jain - Person.java then i have…
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Issue in checking out a file after cleartool startview command

I want to checkout a Clearcase file through unix command using cleartool co but I ended up seeing the following error message. cleartool: Error: To operate on UCM branch, must be set to an activity and a UCM view. I ran cleartool startview myview…
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