With base ClearCase, your project manager uses triggers, scripts,
and other Rational® ClearCase® features
to support development policies that are unique to your organization. The
following development tasks are common to all projects that use Rational ClearCase:
Note: The instructions presented below are intended to provide only a
simple introduction to the basic product usage. For more detailed information,
open Rational ClearCase online
documentation (Online
help), and then look under Developing software with
Rational ClearCase.
Setting up work areas
- Set up a view.
- On the Windows system, customize your Rational ClearCase Explorer
environment.
- To work on the branch for your project, edit the config
spec for your view.
- On Linux and the UNIX system, use cleartool edcs.
- On the Windows system, click in Rational ClearCase Explorer.
Working on source files
- Access your view.
- Check out the files and modify them.
- When you want to keep a permanent record of the state a
file, check it in.
- As you create new files and directories, add them to source
control.
Maintaining work areas
Periodically
update your snapshot views.
- On Linux and the UNIX system, use cleartool update.
- On the Windows system, in Rational ClearCase Explorer, click Toolbox >
Base ClearCase > Update.
The Rational ClearCase graphical
user interface
Another way to become familiar with base ClearCase
is to run the GUI.
- On Linux and the UNIX system, use the File Browser, from which you can
start many of the basic Rational ClearCase tasks. To start the File Browser,
open a shell and enter xclearcase.
- On the Windows system, click the Toolbox tab of Rational ClearCase Explorer
to see some of the tools that you can use to manage your source files. Browse
through the menus.
You can also use the
cleartool command line
prompt to perform Rational ClearCase operations.