clearexport_pvcs

clearexport_pvcs works directly with PVCS files. It does not process the workfiles created with the get and get –l commands. Be sure to check in workfiles with the put command before running the exporter.

clearexport_pvcs issues warning messages when it encounters checked-out files, but it still processes them. clearexport_pvcs ignores all PVCS locks.

If PVCS files are stored in VCS (or vcs; case is not important) subdirectories, clearexport_pvcs collapses the subdirectory level. For example, PVCS file ./proj/VCS/main.c,v becomes element ./proj/main.c.

During import, clearimport invokes a shell to extract data from the datafile. clearimport can handle some, but not all, characters that are special to shells. Import fails for any file name that includes any of these characters:

For example:

Before running clearexport_pvcs, rename any file whose name contains these characters.

A PVCS symbol is a mnemonic name for a particular revision or branch of a PVCS file. clearexport_pvcs translates the symbols to version labels and branch names (more precisely, to names of label types and branch types).

• Translation to version labels. Suppose a PVCS symbol, RLS_1.3, names a revision, 3.5. clearexport_pvcs places a description of label type RLS_1.3 in the datafile, and clearimport imports that label type and assigns a label of that type to the appropriate version.
• Translation to branch names. Suppose a PVCS symbol, rls_1.3_fixes, names a branch, 3.5.1. clearexport_pvcs outputs information about branch type rls_1.3_fixes, and clearimport creates a branch of that type at the appropriate version.

Because there is no concept of a subbranch of the main branch, clearexport_pvcs does not process single-digit symbols that name PVCS branches. If a PVCS symbol includes characters that are not valid in names of label types or branch types, clearexport_pvcs replaces the offending name. For example, the PVCS symbol C++ may be renamed to C.. .

A label type cannot have the same name as a branch type within the same VOB. If the same PVCS symbol names both a revision and a branch (not necessarily in the same PVCS file), clearexport_pvcs renames one of them. For example, after exporting a symbol FX354, which names a branch, it may encounter the same symbol as the name of a revision in another PVCS file. In this case, it creates label type FX354_1.

branch pre_import_work post_import_work 
label BL1.7 IMPORT_BASE 

When clearexport_pvcs encounters a file or directory that cannot be exported (for example, a file with format problems or a broken symbolic link), it prints an error and continues. After creating the data file, it prints a summary of the files and directories that could not be exported.

After you export data, do not move the data to another location before importing it.

It is not a good practice to move data between different operating systems or between operating systems with different architectures.

Default

If you specify a directory as a source-name argument: (1) clearexport_pvcs processes the files in that directory, but ignores the contents of the subdirectories; (2) clearimport creates a directory element for source-name and for each of its subdirectories.

–r

clearexport_pvcs descends recursively into all source-name arguments that are directories.

Default

clearexport_pvcs processes all files it encounters.

–s date-time

clearexport_pvcs processes only versions modified since the time specified. Use this option for regular, incremental updating of an element from a PVCS file that is still under development. Be sure to specify a date-time that covers the entire period since the preceding update. In other situations, it is better to use –I instead of –s.

clearexport_pvcs determines whether to process a PVCS archive by using the last-modified date/time of the archive. If this date/time is before the date-time you specify with –s, clearexport_pvcs does not process any of the revisions in the archive. If the date/time is after the date-time you specify, clearexport_pvcs processes the following revisions:

• All revisions created since the specified date-time
• All revisions that have labels

Note: For an incremental update, if you remove a label or branch from a PVCS version, clearimport does not remove the label or branch from the ClearCase element.

–p date-time

Like -s, but processes only versions modified with new metadata (labels, branches, attributes, and so on) or created before the specified time.

–I { now | date-time }

Processes important versions only, but includes all versions created since the specified time. A version is important if any of these conditions is true:

• It is the most recent version on its branch
• It has a label
• A subbranch sprouts from it

Specify the time in one of the following formats:

date.time | date | time | now where:

date	:=	day-of-week | long-date
time	:=	h[h]:m[m][:s[s]] [UTC [ [ + | - ]h[h][:m[m] ] ] ]
day-of-week	:=	today |yesterday |Sunday | ... |Saturday |Sun | ... |Sat
long-date	:=	d[d]–month[–[yy]yy]
month	:=	January |... |December |Jan |... |Dec

Specify time in 24-hour format, relative to the local time zone. If you omit the time, the default value is 00:00:00. If you omit date, the default is today. If you omit the century, year, or a specific date, the most recent one is used. Specify UTC if you want to resolve the time to the same moment in time regardless of time zone. Use the plus (+) or minus (-) operator to specify a positive or negative offset to the UTC time. If you specify UTC without hour or minute offsets, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used. (Dates before January 1, 1970 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) are invalid.)

Default

clearexport_pvcs does not attach attributes to versions exported from PVCS revisions.

–V

Attaches an attribute of type PVCS_REVISION to each newly created version. The string value of the attribute is the PVCS revision number of the exported revision. (clearimport creates attribute type PVCS_REVISION, if necessary.)

If you use the –s option with this option, clearimport attaches PVCS_REVISION attributes only to revisions created after the date-time you specified.

Each attribute requires about 1 KB of storage in the VOB database.

–G

If a PVCS revision has a promotion group, attaches an attribute of type PVCS_GROUP to the newly created version. The string value of the attribute is the promotion group of the exported revision. (clearimport creates attribute type PVCS_GROUP, if necessary.)

If you use the –s option with this option, clearimport attaches PVCS_GROUP attributes only to revisions created after the date-time you specified.

Each attribute requires about 1 KB of storage in the VOB database.

Default

On UNIX and Linux systems, the value of P_tmpdir (set in the stdio.h system include file; you can override this value by setting the TMPDIR environment variable).

On Windows systems, the value of the TMP environment variable.

–t temp-dir-pname

Specifies an alternate directory for temporary files. This directory must already exist.

Default

As described in the section Handling of PVCS symbols, clearexport_pvcs may rename a branch or label type to avoid naming conflicts.

–T translation-file

Uses the specified translation file to control and record the conversion of PVCS symbols to version labels and branch names.

Default

clearexport_pvcs creates datafile cvt_data in the current working directory.

–o datafile-pname

Stores the datafile at the specified location. An error occurs if datafile already exists.

Default

clearexport_pvcs processes the current working directory (equivalent to specifying "." as the source-name argument). clearimport creates an element in the new VOB for each element in the current working directory. clearimport creates a directory element in the new VOB for each subdirectory of the current working directory (except one named PVCS or pvcs).

source-name ...

One or more path names, specifying PVCS files and/or directories:

• For each specified PVCS file, clearexport_pvcs places a description in the datafile.
• For each specified directory version, clearexport_pvcs places descriptions in the datafile for all the elements it catalogs. clearimport creates a directory element for the specified directory itself, and for its subdirectories.

Each source-name can be a simple file or directory name or a wildcard as described in wildcards_ccase. Specifying a parent directory (..) causes an error, as does any UNIX or Linux path name that includes a slash or any Windows path name that includes a slash or backslash. Run this command in a directory under which the elements to be exported reside.