“Illegal Argument - invalid copyarea root path” while trying to create view in ClearCase Remote Client

Question

$subj error appears after pressing "Finish" on new view creation dialog. The path looks absolutely valid.

Answer 1

The error is caused by .copyarea.dat (and perhaps .copyarea.db) files on the same or higher directory level where you want to create the view. It looks like a protection from nested views, but if you created the file in your $HOME (accidentally, or for backup purposes), you're out of luck.

Answer 2

You cannot create a CCRC view in $HOME:

As mentioned in "About the CCRC .ccase_wvreg file":

ClearCase Remote Client creates and stores a file local to each CCRC client named .ccase_wvreg (web view registry) in the user's home directory.
When the first view is created using CCRC, this file stores the local path to the view root (copy area) for each CCRC view on the system for a given user.

So trying to create a view, which would contain the "view registry" of all your view is... not possible.

After creation of a view from CCRC, the .ccase_wvreg file is stored under:

• On Windows:
  C:\Documents and Settings\<username> where <username> is the actual user name who created the view or the path that is extrapolated from the environment variable %USERPROFILE% (this path may be local or remote).
• On UNIX/Linux:
  /export/home/<username>, which is the user's home directory that created the view or the path as indicated by cd’ing to ~<username>.