Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote explains the behavior of cleartool rmname when trying to remove the name of an element that has checkouts from a directory within an IBM Rational ClearCase VOB.
Symptom
Attempts to run the cleartool rmname command results in the following error:
Note: The Delete operation from within ClearCase Explorer on Microsoft® Windows® executes a cleartool rmname, not a cleartool rmelem or cleartool rmver.
Command Line:
M:\admin_vu\vob1>cleartool rmname -nc myfile.txt
cleartool: Error: Element "myfile.txt" has checkouts.
GUI:
[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Cleartool","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"2003.06.00;2003.06.16;7.0;7.0.0.1;7.0.0.2;7.0.0.3;7.0.0.4;7.0.0.5;7.0.0.6;7.0.0.7;7.0.0.8;7.0.1;7.0.1.1;7.0.1.2;7.0.1.3;7.0.1.4;7.0.1.5;7.0.1.6;7.0.1.7;7.1;7.1.0.1;7.1.0.2;7.1.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Cleartool","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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