Creating a component for storing elements using ClearCase (UNIX)

To create a VOB and its one component in ClearCase, you must perform the following tasks:

Create a view using the cleartool mkview command.
Set the view using the clearool setview command.
Create a VOB using the cleartool mkvob command.
Create a mount point for the VOB using the mkdir command.
Mount the VOB using the cleartool mount command.
Creating a component using the cleartool mkcomp command.

The exercise guides you in accomplishing these tasks.

Try it!

You are going to create a view named compview, a VOB named /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob, and associate them with the UCM PVOB /var/tmp/your-username_cctut_ucm_pvob created earlier.

Note: Go to Creating a component for storing elements using Rational® ClearCase® LT (UNIX) for instructions.

At the system prompt of a terminal window, do the following:

Create a view named compview by typing this command:

cleartool mkview -tag compview /var/tmp/compview.vws

The system's response is similar to this:

Created view.
Host-local path: stellar:/var/tmp/compview.vws
Global path: /net/stellar/var/tmp/compview.vws
It has the following rights:
User fhembert:  rwx
Group user:     rwx
Other:      : r-x

Set the view to the newly created view by typing this command:
cleartool setview compview
Create a VOB to store the elements:
cleartool mkvob -nc -tag /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob \ /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob.vbs
Create a mount point for the VOB that matches the VOB's tag:
mkdir /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob
Mount the VOB:
cleartool mount /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob.
Create a component named tutcomp in the elements VOB and associate it with the UCM PVOB:
cleartool mkcomp -nc -root /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob tutcomp@/var/tmp/your-username_cctut_ucm_pvob.

The -nc option indicates you do not wish to specify a comment.

The -root option specifies what type of component you are creating. As used in the command you entered, it indicates the root directory of the component is /var/tmp/your-username_elements_vob.

The system's response is similar to this:
```
Set Admin VOB for component "tutcomp"'s VOB
Created component "tutcomp" 
```