cd

Changes the current working directory

Applicability

Product

Command type

VersionVault

cleartool subcommand

VersionVault Remote Client

rcleartool subcommand

Platform

UNIX

Linux

Windows

Synopsis

cd [ dir-pname ]

Description

The cd command works differently depending on the type of view that you are using.

Changing directories in a dynamic view

The cd command changes the current working directory, as does the UNIX and Linux cd(1) command. In VersionVault , this command is intended for use in interactive cleartool and multitool sessions and in shell scripts or batch files that simulate interactive sessions.

With a view-extended path name, cd also changes your working directory view. The specified view's config spec determines which versions of elements are visible in your new working directory.

With a version-extended path name that specifies an element or branch, cd changes your current working directory to a location in version-extended namespace, wherein element and branch names are treated like directories in a read-only file system. The best way to leave version-extended namespace is to change directories to a full path name. Typing cd .. does not exit version-extended namespace until you ascend past the VOB root directory. (See the pathnames_ccase reference page.)

Changing directories in other types of view

The cd command changes the current working directory. If dir-pname specifies a snapshot, web, or automatic view, cd changes the view context to that of the view.

View selection precedence

Regardless of the view type, view-selection precedence is as follows:

  1. If you specify a view-extended name, that view is used.
  2. Otherwise, the view implied by the current directory is used.
  3. Otherwise, the view that has been set (if any) is used.

Restrictions

None.

Options and arguments

Specifying the new working directory

Default
Changes to your home directory, determined in UNIX and Linux by examining the password database and in Windows by the value of the shell constant CSIDL_PROFILE.
dir-pname
The path name of the directory to become your current working directory. You can specify a view-extended or version-extended path name, as described above.

Examples

The UNIX system and Linux examples in this section are written for use in csh. If you use another shell, you might need to use different quoting and escaping conventions.

The Windows examples that include wildcards or quoting are written for use in cleartool interactive mode. If you use cleartool single-command mode, you might need to change the wildcards and quoting to make your command interpreter process the command appropriately.

In cleartool single-command mode, cmd-context represents the UNIX system and Linux shells or Windows command interpreter prompt, followed by the cleartool command. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt.

  • Change to your home directory.

    cmd-context cd

  • Change to the release subdirectory of the current working directory's parent.

    cmd-context cd ..\release  

  • Use a view-extended path name to change to the src directory in the context of the jackson_old view.

    cmd-context cd /view/jackson_old/usr/hw/src

  • Change to the directory in extended namespace that represents the main branch of element hello.c.

    cmd-context  cd hello.c@@\main  

  • Change to a directory in extended namespace, and then return to the original directory.

    cmd-context  cd src@@

    cmd-context  pwd
      /view/jackson_vu@@/usr/hw/main/2/src
    cmd-context cd /usr/hw/src
    cmd-context pwd
    /usr/hw/src