rmfolder

Remove a folder

APPLICABILITY

SYNOPSIS

rmfolder [ -c·omment comment | -cfi·le comment-file-pname | -cq·uery | -cqe·ach |

-nc·omment ]
[ -f·orce ] folder-selector ...

DESCRIPTION

The rmfolder command deletes one or more folders.

RESTRICTIONS

Identities: You must have one of the following identities:

• Folder owner

• Project VOB owner

• root (UNIX)

• Member of the ClearCase group (ClearCase on Windows only)

• Local administrator of the ClearCase LT server host (ClearCase LT on Windows only)

Locks: An error occurs if one or more of these objects are locked: the project VOB, the folder.

Mastership: (Replicated VOBs only) Your current replica must master the folder.

Other: You cannot delete a folder if it contains any projects or other folders, or is the RootFolder.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

EVENT RECORDS AND COMMENTS. Default: Creates one or more event records, with commenting controlled by your .clearcase_profile file (default: -nc). See the comments reference page. Comments can be edited with chevent.

-c·omment comment | -cfi·le comment-file-pname |-cq·uery | -cqe·ach | -nc·omment

Overrides the default with the option you specify. See the comments reference page.

CONFIRMATION STEP.  Default: Prompts for confirmation that the specified folder is to be deleted.

-f·orce

Suppresses the confirmation step.

SPECIFYING THE FOLDER. Default: None.

folder-selector ...

Specifies one or more folders to delete.

folder-selector is of the form [folder:]folder-name[@vob-selector], where vob-selector specifies the folder's project VOB.

EXAMPLES

The UNIX examples in this section are written for use in csh. If you use another shell, you may need to use different quoting and escaping conventions.

The Windows examples that include wildcards or quoting are written for use in cleartool interactive mode. If you use cleartool single-command mode, you may need to change the wildcards and quoting to make your command interpreter process the command appropriately.

In cleartool single-command mode, cmd-context represents the UNIX shell or Windows command interpreter prompt, followed by the cleartool command. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt. In Attache, cmd-context represents the workspace prompt.

• Remove a folder that contains a subfolder, moving the subfolder to a new location.

1. Issue the rmfolder command:

cmd-context rmfolder -f top
cleartool: Error: Cannot remove folder that has sub projects or folders.
cleartool: Error: Unable to remove folder "top".

2. Use lsfolder to find subprojects or folders for the specified folder:

cmd-context lsfolder -l top
folder "top"
07-Sep-99.10:20:08 by Smith
"My Top Level Folder."
owner: Smith
group: user
title: Top
contains folders:
parsers
contains projects:

3. Move the subfolder to a new location:

cmd-context chfolder -to RootFolder parsers
Changed folder "parsers".

4. Reissue the rmfolder command:

cmd-context rmfolder top
Remove folder "top"? [no] yes
Removed folder "top".

SEE ALSO

chfolder, lsfolder, mkfolder, rmproject