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About symbolic links and version-extended pathnames

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains why attempts to use a version-extended pathname in the form of @@ for an IBM® Rational® ClearCase® symbolic link will produce the error []No such file or directory[].

Symptom

Using a version-extended pathname when referencing a symbolic link reports error:


No such file or directory.

Here's an example of trying to see version details by describing the symbolic link using the version extended path of the file version it points to:


%>cleartool describe -long file@@/main/br1/br2/1
cleartool: Error: Unable to access "file@@/main/br1/br2/1": No such file or directory.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"VOB","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"2003.06.00;7.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 September 2018

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