Moving and removing orphaned elements from the lost+found directory

You can move elements from the lost+found directory to another directory in the same VOB or to a directory in another VOB:

To move an element from the lost+found directory to another directory within the VOB, use the cleartool mv command.
To move an element from the lost+found directory to another VOB, use the relocate command. For more information about moving elements to another VOB, see the relocate reference page in the VersionVault Command Reference.

Note: You can permanently delete an element from the lost+found directory using the cleartool rmelem command. This command destroys data irrecoverably, so it is safer to move elements rather than to remove them.

Tip: In a snapshot view, the lost+found directory, which is located immediately below the root directory of a VOB, is treated as any other directory. To load the directory in your view, you must use a load rule that specifies either the parent directory of the element or the directory itself. However, as with any other directory in a snapshot view, you do not need to load the lost+found directory to issue VersionVault commands for elements in the directory.