Question

Yesterday I received a new computer at work. My old computer had several Clearcase views (snapshots) containing a number of files that were stilled checked out. The process for building my new machine copied the directory containing my Clearcase view to my new machine.

My new machine’s ClearCase now has no idea that those directories are ClearCase views and therefore that they contain checked out files that I’d like to keep.

How can I associate those directories to ClearCase so I get back to the state that they were in on my old machine (i.e. the directories are controlled by ClearCase and checked out files are recognized as such)?

Thanks,
Todd

Answer 1

The easiest way is to:

• unregister and rmtag your previous view,
  (because registering the same view on a new computer doesn’t work well)
  See “How to delete clearcase views created by other users?“
• mkview a new view on your new computer,
  See “Proper ‘cleartool mkview’ for ClearCase Snapshot view creation“
• and clearfsimport -rmname your current modifications in that new view on your new computer.
  (as in “Rollback via label in clearcase“)