ClearCase: are element names view dependent?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7759401
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I am running the cleartool subcommand diffbl -versions between two baselines. But the output looks different depending on the view I am running the command from. The difference is in the path name of the elements. For example the same file my_filemane located in /vobs/my_component/my_directory/my_subdirectory/ as seen by two views on two streams my_stream_1 and my_stream_2 shows path names:
/vobs/my_component/my_directory/my_subdirectory/my_filename@@/main/my_stream_1/1
/vobs/my_component/my_directory/my_subdirectory@@main/my_stream_2/my_stream_1/10/my_filename/main/my_stream_1/1
In the fist case its easy to determine the location of the file, is there was no version control, by taking the substring between /vobs/ and @@. Is there any easy way (a cleartool subcommand maybe) to find the same from the second case?
Solution
The difference comes from the visibility of the file within the view from which you are doing the diffbl.
Considering the extended pathname from the second path mentions:
main/my_stream_2/my_stream_1/10
, your best move is to redo said diffbl from a view associated with stream1 in order to get a simpler path for that particular file.
But anyway, since that file has no version in stream2, it will always be displayed with a long and complicated extended pathname.
