Hi there,

I want to use the find command to tell me the names of the elements
which are on a specific branch and that have been branched from a
specific label.

If the label is called MY_LABEL and there's a branch called MY_BRANCH
then how can I find out all the elements which exist on the MY_BRANCH
but have been branched from the element which has the MY_LABEL label?

In this software system there's loads of branches and labels so I have
to be specific.

Any ideas?

Peter

peterwduncan@googlemail.com wrote:

I assume you're talking about Clearcase, right?


First, elements are not on branches, they have branches.


You can't do this directly, you'd need to write a little script which does
something like the following:

1) use cleartool find -bra to find all instances of your branch.
2) use cleartool des(cribe) to find out the version where it branched from
3) use cleartool des again, this time on the version found in step 2) to
find out wether it has the label in question attached.

Hmm, using "cleartool find ... -exec 'cleartool des ...'" you can combine 1)
and 2).

HTH...

Dirk
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Hi Dirk,

Thanks for the direction, I am indeed using ClearCase.

I've tried combinations of the Clearcase "find" but didn't know if the
result was possible from one command, you have clarified the situation
when you say it isn't possible.
I'll try to create a script now.

Thanks,
Peter

Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

peterwduncan@googlemail.com wrote:


As a starting point, try (on Unix):

cleartool find -avobs -bra 'brtype(mybranch)' -exec 'cleartool
des -fmt "%En@@%PSn\n" ${CLEARCASE_XPN}/0'

This should give you all the predecessor versions of .../mybranch/0

Bye...

Dirk
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