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cleartool find -all command reports error: Operation "view_gpath" failed

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains why running the IBM® Rational® ClearCase® find command in certain VOBs, results in the error, Operation "view_gpath" failed: Can't get name for object with dbid.

Symptom

A ClearCase VOB consists of File System Objects and Metadata.

When a cleartool command tries to display a File System Object (Element / Branch / Versions / Symbolic link) it attempts to generate a path-name to the object that is correct in the current view.

Doing so is a "view_gpath" operation.

Depending in the view config spec, the object may not be visible in the view. In this case ClearCase shall generate a name that includes paths through directory versions that are eclipsed in the view.

On rare occasions ClearCase is unable to generate a path even using hidden directory versions. In this case it writes the error:

Operation "view_gpath" failed: Can't get name for object with dbid nnnn

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"View: Dynamic","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"7.0;7.0.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
29 September 2018

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