Clearcase: What is the UNL Extension on Some Directories in VOB?

Question

After doing a merge down into my branch some directories now have a mysterious .UNL extension and these directories seem inaccessible. In other words, I cannot check out files from them.

I am using the Clearcase remote client with Eclipse 3.7.1 on Linux RHEL 5.4. I checked the Clearcase documentation and found nothing. Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Not sure, but I have seen .unl extension to reference unloaded resources, so in your case, after a CCRC merge, those directories might not be visible anymore, but are somehow kept in your web view (with that extension).

The easiest way to confirm that would be to reload your CCRC view in another path, and check if those directories are still there.

Answer 2

If you have private/hijacked resources in folders which are removed (unloaded) from the VOB, such folders will be marked with an .unl extension in your view and will keep the private/hijacked resources you have had.