Check out resources when you want to modify them.
Before you begin
You must connect to a Rational ClearCase server to check out a resource.
About this task
Checking out a resource that is loaded into a ClearCase view makes
the resource modifiable in the view. Checking out a resource that is not loaded
into a ClearCase view loads the resource and makes it modifiable in the view.
To check out one or more resources:
- Select the resources that you want to check out. Use
the ClearCase Navigator, ClearCase Details view, ClearCase Search Results
view, or the ClearCase Version Tree view. If you are working in the Eclipse
environment, use any Eclipse view that supports the Team context
menu.
- To open the Checkout dialog
box, click the
icon on the ClearCase toolbar, or take
either of the following actions:- Select Check Out from the context menu in the
ClearCase Navigator.
- In the Eclipse environment, select Check Out from
the Team context menu.
- In the ClearCase Version Tree view, right-click the version selected
by your view and select Check Out.
- Specify checkout options in the dialog box and click Apply.
- If there are any Rational ClearCase triggers associated
with this operation, you may be prompted to supply additional information
or take further action.
Results
After they have been checked out, resources become modifiable.
If resource decorations have been enabled, checked-out resources are decorated
with the
icon. In the ClearCase Version Tree
view, the checked-out version is decorated with the following icon:
Note: You cannot check out a resource that is a VOB
symbolic link. To modify such a resource, you must check out the link's target,
which is loaded into the view at the path name specified in the Version column
of the ClearCase Details view.