Snapshot view

A snapshot view contains copies of versions of elements and view-private objects. The view has a config spec, but the view never selects versions automatically. To make a version available, it must be copied, or loaded, into the view. To reevaluate the config spec and possibly copy another version into the view, you update the view.

Copies of versions reside in the snapshot view directory, which constitutes the work area for a user of the view. Unlike the virtual work area of a dynamic view, which is implemented by the MVFS, the work area of a snapshot view is a native file-system directory tree. Work in a snapshot view when your computer does not support dynamic views or you want to work with source files that are under Rational® ClearCase® control when you are disconnected from the network that hosts the VOBs.


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