Altair FlowTracer and ClearCase

Here is a list of suggestions to keep in mind when working in a ClearCase environment.

• The most important tool in ClearCase is called cleartool. Most users create an alias called "ct" or "cl". We only use the full name cleartool.
• Add the path to cleartool to the BASE environment. It often is in /usr/atria/bin.
• We support "single-view" projects. You have to start the server AFTER setting the view.

  % cleartool setview  MYVIEWNAME
  % vovproject start MYPROJECTNAME

• You need to know that to execute a command in a view you can use the following syntax:

  % cleartool setview -exec "COMMAND"  MYVIEWNAME

  This is what we do in vovtaskerstartup to start a vovtasker in the requested view.

For files in the VOBS, FlowTracer can track both.

• The version extended name (Example: /aa@@/main/3). These files will never change timestamp.
• The view extended name (Example: /view/MYVIEW/aa These files may change timestamp.

This capability is activated by setting the variable VOVCLEARCASE to the value ENABLED. We recommend you do this in the setup.tcl file.

# Add this line to the setup.tcl file.
setenv VOVCLEARCASE "ENABLED"