Is cleartool output localized?

Question

From what I discovered in my last question, I am now attempting to parse the output from lstype -l in order to determine the supertype and type manager for a given element type.

My initial thought is to process the output line-by-line and look for the first line starting with supertype:, then take the remaining portion of the line.

However, this will only work if cleartool always outputs in English. The code I'm writing could be used in a Japanese ClearCase environment, and I am concerned that a Japanese version of ClearCase may output something different from cleartool. Is this a valid concern, or will cleartool always output in English?

Example output:

cleartool> lstype -l eltype:utf8_file@\vobFoo  
element type "utf8_file"  
 2012-12-03T19:08:24-06:00 by [username].None@CLEARCASE-VM  
  "Predefined element type used to represent a UTF8 file."
  owner: [computer]\[username]
  group: [computer]\None
  scope: this VOB (ordinary type)
  type manager: utf8_file_delta
  supertype: file
  meta-type of element: file element

Answer 1

cleartool itself is not localized except for Japanese (I have set LANG on many different languages - but Japanese - without having ever seen a different output).

xcleartool (a GUI interface for Unix) is, as "About en_US.UTF-8 LANG variable and its affect on xclearcase" illustrates, or "Rational ClearCase on the UNIX system and Linux" details.

See "Supported IBM Rational ClearCase configurations in multiple language environments":

Rational ClearCase

• VOB servers that run English or Japanese operating systems can support:
  
  • English clients that act as view server hosts and run English operating systems
  • Japanese clients that act as view server hosts and run Japanese operating systems
• VOB and view servers that run English or Japanese operating systems can support:
  • English clients that run English operating systems
  • Japanese clients that run Japanese operating systems

Only CCRC GUI support more languages, ie "Group-1":

• Brazilian Portuguese
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Simplified Chinese
• Spanish
• Traditional Chinese

So, as described in "Setting Japanese language options":

On a Windows system set either of the following sets of environment variables:
In the following environment variables:

• C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\ClearCase\bin\resdll is where the Japanese message catalog is located,
• %L is the environment variable you set for LANG, which is ja_JP, and
• %N is the Japanese message catalog, which is bccMsg.cat.

Use %%L and %%N to carry out the set command within a batch file instead of %L and %N.

set LANG=ja_JP
set NLSPATH=C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\ClearCase\bin\resdll\%L\%N;%NLSPATH%
set RCC_CATALOG=C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\ClearCase\bin\resdll\ja_JP\bccMsg.cat

Answer 2

I found this page which seems to imply that it isn't localized. Quoting:

シンボリック・リンクを検索し、出力します。

UNIX と Linux:

2 種類の方法が存在します。

1. cleartool find -all -type l -exec '/usr/atria/bin/cleartool describe $CLEARCASE_PN'

例:
% cleartool find -all -type l -exec '/usr/atria/bin/cleartool describe $CLEARCASE_PN' 
symbolic link "/vobs/french/ctlink_import" -> import 
created 25-Feb-03.12:34:39 by Joe_USER (joeuser.syb@lemur) 
Protection: 
User : joeuser : rwx 
Group: syb : rwx 
Other: : rwx 
symbolic link "/vobs/french/slink_import" -> import 
created 16-Apr-03.14:02:17 by Joe_USER (joeuser.syb @lemur) 
Protection: 
User : joeuser : rwx 
Group: syb : rwx 
Other: : rwx

Two suggestions:

1. Test it in the Japanese environment! There is no substitute for this! ;-)
2. Use the LANG environment variable, if necessary, to force use of a certain language. For example, you could run LANG=en_US cleartool or LANG=C cleartool.