I can't remember exactly, but I think we were able to do this using the
octal code instead of the special characters. Not sure exactly which ones
are special, but try using \040 for space, \076 for > etc.
HTH, jamie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berger Torsten (K8/EWG TPFE99)
> [mailto:Torsten.Berger@de.bosch.com
> Sent: 25 January 2000 17:36
> To: cciug@Rational.Com
> Subject: [cciug] assign string with special characters to attribute
> value
>
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> has anybody an idea how to assign a string of special
> characters and space
> characters (e.g. "a & b --> c") to an attribute (ClearCase 3.2.1, NT)?
>
> According to the reference manual I tried out
> clearcase mkattr test \"a & b --> c\" test.txt@@
> as well as
> clearcase mkattr test \""a & b --> c"\" test.txt@@
>
> Both commands do not work.
>
> Funny, because
> clearcase mkattr test \"a&b-->c\" test.txt@@
> does work with strings without space characters as well as
> clearcase mkattr test \""a and b results in c"\" test.txt@@
> does work with strings without special characters.
> The combination of special characters and space characters
> seems to be the
> problem.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Torsten
>
> Dr.-Ing. Torsten Berger
> Robert Bosch GmbH - K8/EWG
> phone (+49) 711 811 33844
> fax (+49) 711 811 2850
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