Check Out vs Hijack file in RAD

Asked Jun 28 '16 at 18:07

Active Jun 28 '16 at 18:33

Viewed 667 times

1

Can someone please explain, in layman's terms, the difference between a file 'Check Out' and a file 'Hijack' in Rapid Application Developer IDE?

asked Jun 28 '16 at 18:07

Tom O.

5,730
2
21
35

Came upon this short and sweet write-up while googling: http://howto.praqma.net/cc/ucmpedia/hijack-files Really clarified the answer to my original question. – Tom O. Aug 19 '16 at 18:11

1 Answers1

1

Both should reference a file in a ClearCase snapshot view used with ClearCase SCM Adapter that is included in Rational Application Developer and the optionally installable ClearCase Remote Client Extension:

checkedout: ready to be modified (and no-one else can check-in the same file before that checked out file is checked-in, in case of a reserved checkout)
hijacked: the file is not checked out, and yet it is made writable (through OS: chmod or Windows file properties)

An hijacked file needs:

either to be checked out (to keep the local modification) and then checked in,
or canceled (the local modification are lost, and the file is read-only again)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

Community

1
1

answered Jun 28 '16 at 18:33

VonC

1,262,500
529
4,410
5,250

1

For checkout, see http://stackoverflow.com/q/24656545/6309 as a concrete example. – VonC Jun 28 '16 at 18:40