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I have having an issue in clearcase delivery. There are some files that are checked out from a snapshot view and the view has been removed. I am trying to deliver from a dynamic view in unix. Since I can see those files checked out in the activity, is there a way to check in those files and proceed the delivery operation?

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  • I used to create a new activity, move the checkout files from the old activity to the new activity, do a delivery without the new activity. – rene Aug 22 '13 at 18:03

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You can simply remove completely the view: that will cancel the checkout state of those files, and will allow you to resume the deliver.

See "ClearCase: Is it possible to cancel checkouts not made from your own view?".

cleartool rmview -force -uuid (uuid_of_the_view) -vob \aVob

You can find the uuid of the view by doing a cleartool descr -l vob:\aVob.

For snapshot views, you can regenerate the .view.dat and unco the file that way, with "Uncheckout an element from a snapshot view when the view root directory is not accessible"

  • List the checkouts to identify the view and checkout information
  • Create a new temporary view root directory

  • Regenerate the view root to the new temporary directory

    ccperl "C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\etc\utils\regen_view_dot_dat.pl\" -tag <view-tag> <tmp-dir>

  • Cancel the checkout

    cleartool unco -rm <tmp-dir>\<vob>\<path>\<checkedout-file>

  • Remove the temporary directory 

    rmdir /S/Q <tmp-dir>
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  • I am thinking to regenerate the view since I know the uuid of the view and check in the files and perform the delivery. Do you think it is worth trying this? – user2370590 Aug 22 '13 at 18:45
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    @user2370590 if it is a dynamic view, then yes. Not for a snapshot view: the changes would have been lost. – VonC Aug 22 '13 at 19:00
  • Thanks for the help. Checked out is cancelled by the following information.http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21313652 – user2370590 Aug 26 '13 at 14:23
  • @user2370590 Excellent. I have included the process in the answer for more visibility. – VonC Aug 26 '13 at 15:12