Include files for config specs

DevOps Code ClearCase® supports an include file, which makes it easy to ensure that all team members use the same config spec.

Include files contain config spec rules and are placed in a public location. Subsequently, team members replace their default config spec with a one-line rule that points to the include file.

Include files are sometimes identified by the .csp extension. However, include file are not required to have the .csp file extension.

For example, the config spec to be used by all team members is called major.csp and is located in a publicly accessible location /public/c_spec/. Each team member replaces the content of their config spec with the following line:

Windows

include \\main_svr\public\c_spec\major.csp 

Linux and UNIX

include /public/c_spec/major.csp 

If you are creating config specs to be shared between Linux and UNIX and Windows computers, where VOB-tags are different, you must have two sources, or you must store the config spec in a Linux or UNIX directory that is accessible from both platforms.