Robin,
You can't do this with the magic file. You would need a pre link
trigger that checkes the file extension and disallows creating the
element. It needs to be the pre link as the link operation happens
before you enter the pre mkelem trigger operation.
>
>
> Robin,
>
> The only way I can see to do this with the magic file is to make the element
> type that corresponds to "*.bak" be one that doesn't exist in ClearCase. If
> I were doing it, I would make a magic file that occurs lexically before
> default.magic, so that it is parsed first. All that being said, I have some
> considerable doubt that this is the best way to go. It seems to me that
> putting a checkin trigger in place that disallows checkin of *.bak would be
> the better choice. That may be my long developer history speaking, as I
> abhor error messages that can be avoided. Anyway, good luck and best
> wishes.
>
> Ted
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin LaSalle [ mailto:rlasalle@wav1.wavtrace.com
> <mailto:rlasalle@wav1.wavtrace.com> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 15:32
> To: 'ClearCase User's Group'
> Subject: [cciug] Magic File
>
> I want to disallow files with a ".bak" extension from being made elements.
> How do I do this in the Magic file? Also, should I edit the default file or
> create a "custom.magic" to add these lines? What are the minimum line
> requirements for a magic file?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Robin La Salle
> Software Configuration Manager
> WavTrace, Inc.
> (425) 468-2244
> rlasalle@wavtrace.com
>
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