Cleartool: How to apply label to files which are in my current view only?

Question

I could not find the proper command to apply a label to files which are in my current view. I have tried the following command:

cleartool mklabel -r TEST_LABEL /vob/test/a

However, the problem is that this command will apply the "Test_Label" label to every files in the "vob/test/a" directories regardless of whether the files are in my current view.
Is there any command to apply label only to the files listed in my current view?

Solution 1

cleartool mklabel  -r(ecurse) LABEL_NAME <directory name>

This command will apply LABEL_NAME to all files in folder and below of your view, you can just go to that directory,then type following command to create and apply label

> cd /vob/test/a
> cleartool mklbtype –nc TEST_LABEL 
> cleartool mklabel  -r TEST_LABEL .

Solution 2

The mklabel documentation state states, as to what version is labeled:

Processes the entire subtree of each pname that is a directory element (including pname itself). VOB symbolic links are not traversed during the recursive descent into the subtree.

One example mentions:

Attach that label to the version of the current directory selected by your view, and to the currently selected version of each element in and below the current directory.

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Now, if you want to be really sure of the versions actually labelled, one solution is to use a find command, combined with your mklabel:

cleartool find . -cview -exec "cleartool mklabel TEST_LABEL \"%CLEARCASE_XPN%\""

If you had already that label applied to incorrect version and want to move it:

cleartool find . -cview -exec "cleartool mklabel -replace TEST_LABEL \"%CLEARCASE_XPN%\""

That way, you can first list the versions involved:

cleartool find . -cview -print

And then, if you agree with the output, apply the mklabel through the -exec directive.

The OP user1096966 reports making it work with a cleartool ls, to be sure to select only element visible in the current view:

cleartool ls -r -vis

The is no '-exec' directive, so a pipe might be involved, as in (not tested, but you get the idea):

cleartool ls -r -vis -s -nxn | xargs cleartool mklabel -replace TEST_LABEL

Comments

[user1096966]

Hi, thanks for your respond but I would like to apply(mklabel) label and not create(mklbtype) a new label.

[user1096966]

I have just tried "cleartool find . -cview -print" but the output is not what I want. The output displayed other directory that is not visible in my current view. Thanks for your help, I will try to get the correct output first.

[user1096966]

I managed to get my desired output if I use this command "cleartool ls -r -vis"

[VonC]

@user1096966: did you try cleartool find . -cview -vis -exec..., because you cannot add the -exec to a ls.

[user1096966]

Yes, I cannot use exec if I use ls, but I cannot use cleartool find . -cview -vis too.