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I want to find all files with a specific version in ClearCase. I did this:

cleartool find . -version 'version(<version-specifier>)' -print

This prints the fully qualified version of the files I am interested in, which is good. The problem with this is that it finds only files which are visible from the current view. For example, there is a file some_directory/some_file, and the version <version-specifier> (for exampe /main/some_branch/LATEST or /SOME_LABEL) exists for both some_directory and some_file. However, some_file does not exist in the current view (because the version of some_directory selected by the view does not contain that file). In this case, the above query doesn't find the file some_file.

Is there a way to find all files with the version <version-specifier>? To be more precise, it's good for me to find all files with the version <version-specifier> in any directory having the same version specifier? Is it possible without creating a new view or modifying the config spec?

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You can start by adding the -nvis option (from cleartool find man page):

-nvi/sible

Includes only those elements, along with their branches and versions, that are not visible (do not have a standard path name) in the view.

That can find elements which are no longer visible in the view you are using for your cleartool find.

The OP rightly comments:

That only works only if I use cleartool find -all (then I don't even have to use -nvisible), but the problem with this is that it finds all files in the vob, not just ones based on the directory specified in the argument.

Making a dedicated view with the right config spec is the surest way to see and find what you want:

  • first your specific selection rule,
  • then more general ones (to be sure to select directories),
  • finally element * /main/LATEST, which is a selection rule stopper.
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  • That only works only if I use `cleartool find -all` (then I don't even have to use `-nvisible`), but the problem with this is that it finds all files in the vob not just ones based on the directory specified in the argument. – petersohn Jan 07 '13 at 12:14
  • @petersohn in that case, making a dedicated view with the right config spec is the surest way: first your specific selection rule, then more general ones (to be sure to select directories, finally `element * /main/LATEST`. – VonC Jan 07 '13 at 12:17