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Asked: 2026-06-08T17:27:55+00:00

In my current working environment, I make use of eclipsed files extensively for testing

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In my current working environment, I make use of eclipsed files extensively for testing purposes. When it comes time to formalize things, I have a script which generates a diff by comparing the file with a backup saved by my eclipse script.

I’d like to be able to work without the backup of the original file; is there any way I can retrieve the current version of the file that I can pass to diff? Even though the file is view-private, I see I can enter foo@@/ and see a list of versions, but I’m not sure how to find which version is the latest. Everything I’ve tried using cleartool ls or describe with the file name tells me that it’s not a VOB object (which is true, although cleartool ls does show it as eclipsed, so it must know, somehow, that there is an element there)

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  1. Editorial Team

    Eclipsed file means dynamic view.

    The simplest solution would to make a second dynamic view based on the same config spec.
    Considering how cheap and quick those views are, this isn’t an issue.

    On that second dynamic view, you can do a 

    cleartool descr -fmt "%Xn" /path/to/element

    In order to get the extended pathname of the file (see fmt_ccase for more on the %Xn syntax).

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