Creating a Directory Structure on UNIX

To create a directory structure on UNIX, your integration view must be set to an activity. In the section Creating and Setting UCM Activities (UNIX Only) you create an activity "create_directories" and this activity is used when creating the directory structure for the denali_release project.

Try it!

Navigate to the root directory of the your-username_elements_vob VOB, which is /var/tmp/, by typing this command:
cd /var/tmp/

Check out the your-username_elements_vob directory using the cleartool checkout command:

cleartool co -co "Creating directory structure" your-username_elements_vob

co is the short form of the checkout command.

-co is the short form of the -comment option.

The system's response is similar to the following:

Created branch "denali_release_integration" from 
"fhembert_element_vob" version "/main/denali_release_integration/0"
Checked Out "fhembert_element_vob" from version 
"/main/denali_release_integration/0"
Attached activities:
activity:create_directories@/var/tmp/fhembert_cctut_ucm_pvob 
"Create Directories"

Go to the your-username_elements_vob directory using the cd command:
cd your-username_elements_vob
You are now going to create a directory named design using the cleartool mkelem command. Type the following:
cleartool mkelem -co "Prototype directory" -eltype directory design

The mkelem command creates an element.

The -eltype option, meaning element type, specifies that the element to be created is a directory.

design is the name of the directory to be created.

The system's response is similar to the following:
```
Created element "design" (type "directory")
Created branch "denali_release_integration" from "design" version "/main/0".
Checked out "design" from version 
"/main/denali_release_integration/0".
Attached activities:
activity:create_directories@/var/tmp/fhembert_cctut_ucm_pvob 
"Create Directories"
```
ClearCase® leaves the directories checked out, so you need to check them in.
Check in the design directory using the cleartool checkin command:
cleartool checkin -nc design
Navigate to the your-username_element_vob directory by moving up one level:
cd ..
Now check in the root directory:
cleartool checkin -nc your-username_element_vob

Where Am I?

So far, you have completed the following tasks:

Created a PVOB.
Created a component to store the project baseline.
Created a component for storing the project's elements.
Created the UCM project.
Created a view to see the elements in the integration stream.
UNIX users created and set a UCM activity.
Created a directory structure and added it to ClearCase source control.

Your next, and final, task is to define an integration baseline so that UCM developers can join the UCM project.