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I am trying to add a file to Clearcase via Cleartool command.

I have executed the following command into my "cmd"

C:\Users\MyUser\Desktop>cleartool mkelem "Z:\MyApplication\Impl\DataModels\Model\Build.Model.ps1"
Creation comments for "Z:\MyApplication\Impl\DataModels\Model\Build.Model.ps1":

It is infinitely waits without doing anything. If i do Ctrl+C it says interrupted.

What am i missing?

Update:

I have tried with cleartool mkelem -c "some useful comment" option also. but still fails. As instructed by @VonC i have even run the same command in Snapshot view but no luck.

Samselvaprabu
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  • As far as I can remember, Clearcase suffers of "ghost file": You can't recreate a file previously deleted. Maybe something linked with that ? – Garf365 Oct 04 '16 at 08:42

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Try at least to:

  • set the comment in the cleartool mkelem call itself:

    cleartool mkelem -c "..."

  • check if the parent folder is checked out.

  • check if there is a pre or post-op trigger on element creation, as mentioned in this thread.
    Maybe the script associated with that trigger has an issue and freezes the all process.

VonC
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  • Still the issue exist. It was waiting infinitely with the line. Creation comments for "Z:\Myfolder\Build.ps1". When i click Ctrl+C it show as . cleartool: Warning: Moved private data from "Z:\Myfolder\Build.ps1" to "Z:\Myfolder\Build.ps1.mkelem" during element creation; unable to move it back: File exists. Interrupt – Samselvaprabu Oct 05 '16 at 10:58
  • @Samselvaprabu try to execute that same command directly in the full path of the view (instead of `Z:\`. Type `subst`, to see what `Z:` is for, then go to that path, and from there go to the parent folder of the element you are trying to create) – VonC Oct 05 '16 at 11:02
  • it is dynamic view. I have tried with going to original view path in M: drive but still facing the same issue. Is there issue in windows OS for clearcase? – Samselvaprabu Oct 05 '16 at 11:10
  • @Samselvaprabu Can you check if the issue persists in a snapshot view (that you would create with the same config spec as the dynamic one) – VonC Oct 05 '16 at 11:11
  • i am using UCM. any how i will try to do – Samselvaprabu Oct 05 '16 at 11:12
  • @Samselvaprabu simply create a snapshot viewusing the same stream as you dynamic view: follow http://stackoverflow.com/a/1367656/6309. – VonC Oct 05 '16 at 11:14
  • No luck with snapshot view too – Samselvaprabu Oct 05 '16 at 12:27
  • What ClearCase are you using? On which OS? What is the OS of the ClearCase server? – VonC Oct 05 '16 at 12:34
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As it looks to be waiting for a comment...

Cleartool, when it prompts for a comment, needs a period on a line by itself to complete the comment prompt. This allows cleartool to acccept multi-line comments.

Brian Cowan
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