clearexport_sccs

clearexport_sccs works directly with the structured SCCS s-files, which have the s. file name prefix. It does not process the g-files created with get and get –e commands. Be sure to check in such files with the delta command before running clearexport_sccs. clearexport_sccs issues warning messages when it encounters checked-out files, but it still processes them.

Other than issuing warning messages for checked-out files, clearexport_sccs ignores the p-files created by get –e.

If s-files are stored in SCCS (or sccs; case is not important) subdirectories, clearexport_sccs collapses the subdirectory level. For example, SCCS file ./proj/SCCS/s.main.c becomes element ./proj/main.c.

You can process an SCCS file in several passes. For example, you can use clearexport_sccs to process major revision level 1, and use it again to process major revision level 2. On the subsequent passes, clearimport updates an existing element correctly if that VOB element has not been modified in the interim.

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_sccs, rename any file that has a name that contains these characters.

An SCCS branch ID is a name for a particular branch of an SCCS file. clearexport_sccs translates the symbols to names of branch types. Suppose an SCCS symbol, rls_1.3_fixes, names a branch 3.5.1. clearexport_sccs exports a description of branch type rls_1.3_fixes, and clearimport creates a branch of that type at the VersionVault version created from SCCS revision 3.5.

You can enforce consistency of translation by using a translation file to control the names of branches created from SCCS branches. If you name such a file using the –T option, clearexport_sccs uses it as follows:

• To look up each SCCS branch ID to see how to translate it to the name of a branch type. If a match is found, the branch ID is translated the same way.
• To record each translation of a new SCCS branch ID for use in future lookups.

The first time you use clearexport_sccs, use –T to create a new translation file. On subsequent invocations of clearexport_sccs, use –T again, specifying the same translation file for consistent name translation.

When clearexport_sccs 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, the command 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.

Default

If you specify a directory as a source-name argument: (1) clearexport_sccs 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_sccs descends recursively into all source-name arguments that are directories.

Default

clearexport_sccs processes all SCCS revisions it finds.

–s date-time

clearexport_sccs processes only SCCS revisions that have been modified since the time specified. Use this option for regular, incremental updating of an element from an SCCS 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 probably better to use –I instead of –s.

clearexport_sccs determines whether to process an SCCS 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_sccs does not process any of the revisions in the archive. If the archive's date/time is after the date-time you specify, clearexport_sccs processes the following revisions:

• All revisions created since the specified date-time
• All revisions from which branches sprout

Note: In an incremental updating situation, if you remove a branch from an SCCS revision, clearimport does not remove the branch from the VersionVault 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 revisions only, but includes all revisions 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 is sprouted from it.

Specify the time as follows:

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_sccs does not attach attributes to versions exported from SCCS revisions.

–V

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

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

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

Default

The value of P_tmpdir (set in the stdio.h system include file; you can override this value by setting the TMPDIR environment variable).

–t temp-dir-pname

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

Default

Creates VersionVault branch names based on the SCCS revision IDs.

–T translation-file

Uses the specified translation file to control the mapping between SCCS branches and VersionVault branches. See also the section Translation file.

Default

clearexport_sccs creates the datafile cvt_data in the current working directory.

–o datafile-pname

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

Default

clearexport_sccs processes the current working directory (equivalent to specifying a dot ( . ) as the source-name argument). If you specify a directory as a source-name argument: (1) clearexport_sccs processes the s-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 (except one named SCCS or sccs).

source-name ...

One or more path names, specifying s-files, directories, or both:

• For each specified s-file, clearexport_sccs converts some or all of its SCCS revisions to VersionVault versions.
• For each specified directory, clearexport_sccs places descriptions in the datafile for all the s-files it contains. clearimport creates a directory element for the specified directory itself, and for its subdirectories (except one named SCCS or sccs).

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 path name that includes a slash. Run this command in a directory under which the elements to be exported reside. If the s-files reside in SCCS subdirectories, use the –r option to enable clearexport_sccs to find them.