| Storage requirements |
You need enough disk space to store any view-private files or view-private
directories. |
You need enough disk space to store the copies of the loaded elements
and any view-private files or view-private directories. |
| To access Rational ClearCase elements |
You start the view and mount VOBs on your computer |
The config spec for your view loads elements into the view. |
| Assigning views to drives (Windows® systems only) |
You can start a view and assign it to a drive at the same time. |
Because you do not start a snapshot view, you must assign the view
to a drive to access it from Windows Explorer. |
| Version selection |
For any element in a mounted VOB, the view always selects the version
specified by the config spec. You can traverse the view-extended namespace
to see any version of any element in any mounted VOB. |
You use the update command to update the elements loaded into the view.
You can see only the version of an element that is loaded into your view. |
| VOB symbolic links and VOB hard links (Windows system treatment only) |
The link is traversed each time you access the object. |
The version to which the link resolves at update time is copied into
the view. |
| Version that is checked out |
By default, the checkout operation checks out the latest version on
a branch, regardless of what the config spec specifies. |
The checkout operation checks out the file loaded in your view, which
may not be the latest version on a branch. |
| Build features |
You can use the clearmake (and omake on Windows computers)
features of build auditing and build avoidance. |
You can use clearmake (or omake on Windows computers),
but the build auditing and build avoidance features are disabled. |
| Sharing the views with other team members |
View objects are accessible to other team members through the Rational ClearCase view-extended
namespace. |
View objects are accessible to other team members if you make the root
directory of the view a shared folder in the Windows file system. Snapshot views
are not accessible through the Rational ClearCase view-extended
namespace. |