Update Resources

Use this dialog box to update a ClearCase view or selected resources within a ClearCase view.

Updating a ClearCase view ensures that its contents are up to date with respect to the VOB, and that changes checked in by other team members are visible in the view. Update checks to see that the resources loaded into the view have the versions that the view's config spec selects. When necessary, update copies files and directories from the VOB, or removes or renames files and directories in the view.

The update operation does any or all of the following tasks:

You can preview the update to see which resources are out-of-date. This preview can help you assess the impact of the update on the contents of your view and also give you an idea of how long the update will take.

If the view contains any hijacked files, you must specify how the update operation should handle them.

Controls in the dialog box

The following controls appear in the dialog box:

Control name Control description
Name The name of the ClearCase view or resource selected for update.
Storage Path The full path name to the resource. The path name is always in the copy area of a ClearCase view on the local host.
Select All Selects all displayed resources.
Deselect All Deselects all displayed resources.
Preview only. Do not load or update any resources. Select this check box and then click Apply to preview the update, so that you can see which elements need to be updated.
Hijacked Files Handling Specify how to treat any hijacked files that the view contains.
Do not update hijacked files Select this option to leave hijacked files unchanged. You can cancel the hijacks or convert them to checkouts later.
Rename hijacked files with ".keep" extension and load selected version from VOB Select this option to rename each hijacked file to filename.keep and then load the currently selected version from the VOB.
Replace (overwrite) hijacked files with selected version from VOB Select this option to overwrite each hijacked file with the currently selected version from the VOB. Any changes to the hijacked files are lost.
Apply Confirms the operation and allows it to proceed.
Cancel Cancels the operation.

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