Describing global types

The cleartool describe command can show properties of global types or their local copies.

By default, the cleartool describe command shows the description of the global type for the object selector you specify. You can enter the command in the context of a VOB that does not contain a local copy of the type. To describe the local copy, use the –local option.

The following command describes the global label type REL6:

cleartool describe –long lbtype:REL6@\dev
label type "REL6" created 28-Jul-99.14:00:26 by Suzanne Gets (smg.user@neon) "final label for REL6" owner: smg group: user scope: global constraint: one version per element Hyperlinks: GlobalDefinition@47@\dev <- lbtype:REL6@\dev

The following command describes the local copy of the global label type REL6:

cleartool describe –local –long lbtype:REL6@\dev
label type "REL6" created 28-Jul-99.14:23:45 by Suzanne Gets (smg.user@neon) "Automatically created label type from global definition in VOB "\admin"." owner: smg group: user scope: this VOB (local copy of global type) constraint: one version per element Hyperlinks: GlobalDefinition@47@\dev -> lbtype:REL6@\admin

If you specify –local and no local copy exists, describe prints an error:

cleartool describe –local lbtype:NOLOCAL@\dev
cleartool: Error: Not a vob object: "lbtype:NOLOCAL@\dev".