About access mode
Elements are controlled by DevOps Code ClearCase® permissions, as described in the permissions reference page in the DevOps Code ClearCase Command Reference, not by the access modes for files and directories that are set by the operating system. When your view selects a checked-in version of an element, all of its write permissions are turned off. When you check out an element, write permissions are added to the view-private copy.
Linux and UNIX tip: Because file elements are read-only,
the mode to which your umask is applied is
444 (not 666) for a
file element. When you convert a view-private file to an element, its read and execute rights become
those of the new element.Windows tip: When you convert
a view-private file to an element, its access mode is changed to read-only.
To add execute permission for an executable element, use protect -chmod
+x (see the protect reference page in the DevOps Code ClearCase Command Reference).