Displaying properties of a VOB replica using the describe command

The describe command, which is available in cleartool and multitool, can be used to display the properties of a VOB replica.

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You can use the –fmt option to customize the output from the command. See the fmt_ccase reference page in the DevOps Code ClearCase Command Reference.

Procedure

To display the name, master replica, and host name of a replica:
cleartool describe –fmt "%n\t%[master]p\t%[replica_host]p\n"
replica:boston_hub@/vobs/dev
boston_hub            boston_hub@/vobs/dev             minuteman
You can also display properties of a replica by using a replica-uuid-selector instead of a replica-selector argument. For example (note that the replica-uuid-selector must be entered on a single line):
cleartool describe –fmt "%n\n%[master]p\n%[replica_host]p\n" oid:87f6265f.72d911d4.a5cd.00:01:80:c0:4b:e7@replicauuid:87f6265f.72d911d4.a5cd.00:01:80:c0:4b:e7
boston_hub
boston_hub@/vobs/dev 
minuteman