Rational ClearCase Commands Reference: file

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file

Displays the element type that ClearCase or ClearCase LT would use for a file

APPLICABILITY

Product	Command type
ClearCase	cleartool subcommand
ClearCase LT	cleartool subcommand

Platform
UNIX
Windows

SYNOPSIS

file [ –invob pname ] [ –all ] pname...

DESCRIPTION

The file command is similar to the UNIX file(1) command, which determines the file type of a specified file. cleartool file displays the element type ClearCase or ClearCase LT would use for the specified file if the file were converted to an element.

file uses the following process to find the element type:

Search magic files for the first rule that matches the file's type.
For more information on magic files, file-typing, and the search path for magic files, see the cc.magic reference page.
Compare the element types in the rule with the element types in a particular VOB.
By default, file uses the VOB containing the view-private file. If the file is not in a VOB, the command uses the VOB containing the current working directory.
Display the first element type in the rule that exists in the VOB.
file processes the element types in the rule from left to right. (In a magic file rule, element types are listed from most to least specific.) For example, with a rule like the following:
txt document text_file : -printable & -name "*.[tT][xX][tT]" ;
file first looks for an element type named txt and displays it if it exists in the VOB. If txt doesn't exist in the VOB, file looks for an element type named document and displays it if it exists. If document doesn't exist, file displays the text_file element type.

For information about creating new element types in a VOB, see the mkeltype reference page.

RESTRICTIONS

None.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

–invob vob-pname: Compares the potential element types against the list of element types in the specified VOB.
–all: Skips the comparison with the list of element types in the VOB and prints every element type in the magic file rule.

EXAMPLES

Note: In the UNIX examples that follow, arguments and output that show multicomponent VOB tags are not applicable to ClearCase LT, which recognizes only single-component VOB tags. In this manual, a multicomponent VOB tag is by convention a two-component VOB tag of the form /vobs/vob-tag-leaf—for example, /vobs/src. A single-component VOB tag consists of a leaf only—for example, /src. In all other respects, the examples are valid for ClearCase LT.

Display the element type that would be used for a view-private HTML file.
cleartool file foo.htmll foo.htmll: html
List all possible element types for a view-private HTML file.
cleartool file –all foo.htmll
foo.htmll: html_source html web_file source text_file
Display the element type that would be used if the file were converted to an element in the VOB /vobs/dev.
cleartool file –invob /vobs/dev foo.htmll
foo.htmll: html_source
Display the element type that would be used if the file were converted to an element in the VOB \dev.
cleartool file –invob \dev foo.htmll
foo.htmll: html_source

UNIX FILES

ccase-home-dir/config/magic/default.magic

WINDOWS FILES

ccase-home-dir\config\magic\default.magic

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