Zak: I've had to deal with this annoying ClearCase problem as well. It is an issue with setcs and snapshot views. The setcs command asks for user input when the new config spec being used has different load rules from the old config spec. It then prompts the user for a yes or no for unloading VOBs. After many hours of phone calls and email tag with Rational, I came up with a solution myself. My workplace uses snapshot views to build and view profiles to make new views. I created a task in ant called setcs. It's basically an exec task that first calls a perl script that I wrote called setcs.pl. This script goes to the view storage dir (*.vws dir) of the view I want change and reads the load rules from the old config spec file into an array. It then goes to the directory of the new view profile I want to use, and copies the "Rules" file into the view storage dir (renaming it to "config spec"). It then appends the old load rules to the new config spec file, thereby ensuring the same load rules as the previous config spec meaning no user input when I run setcs. After the perl script is done, the setcs task in Ant execs the cleartool setcs -current command. This reads in the new config spec and updates the view accordingly. I know it's a bit of a perl hack, but it's been working for me really well. If people are interested, I could post a copy of the perl script and ant task I use. But it would probably be cooler if a Java guru out there could write a class/optional task that could do this.
-Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: Zak Saurin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:43 AM > To: Ant User List (E-mail) > Subject: ClearCase updates > > > I see that there are already tasks created to deal with some very > fundamental ClearCase interactions, one of them being an update. > > However, I am after a task in which you can specify a config > spec and *then* > do an update. Has anybody written such as task? > > In the meantime I have tried using the equivalent exec > command instead (the > DOS command is "cleartool setcs <filename>"). Thie presents > a problem since > some changes of config spec are interactive (they require the > user to answer > yes or no) and so when invoked from Ant, they just hang, > since Ant can't > provide the response. I have looked in the CC documentation > for a way of > forcing the command, but to no avail. Any suggestions? > > Zak Saurin > _____________________________________________________________ > Software Engineer > NetSys Technologies Ltd > a: Wellington House, 8 Upper St Martins Lane, London WC2H 9DL > t: +44 (0)20 7420 8418 > f: +44 (0)20 7420 8401 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 01/11/2001 > >
