ClearCase Reference Manual, Release 4.0, Windows

rmdo

Removes a derived object from a VOB

APPLICABILITY

ClearCase (cleartool subcommand), Attache (command)

SYNOPSIS

Remove individual derived objects:

rmdo do-pname ...
Remove collections of derived objects:

rmdo { -a·ll | -zer·o } [ pname ... ]

DESCRIPTION

The rmdo command deletes one or more derived objects (DOs). Use rmdo to remove DOs (for example, damaged DOs or DOs that were built incorrectly) so that other users do not use them inadvertently.

NOTE: This command does not apply to snapshot views.

The details of the removal process depend on the kind of DO (use lsdo -long to determine the kind of DO):

For a shared derived object whose data container is in VOB storage, rmdo deletes the entry in the VOB database, and also deletes the data container file (from one of the VOB's derived object storage pools).
CAUTION: If you need to remove a shared DO, use lsdo -long to identify the views that reference the DO. Ask the owner of each view to remove the DO from the view with the Windows del command or by running make clean or an equivalent command. If the DO is not removed from the referencing views before you use rmdo, error messages appear. For example, when users try to access the DO from the referencing views, the view_server logs VOB warnings. Also, you may see INTERNAL ERROR messages in the ClearCase error_log file; these messages are generated when clearmake or an OS-level command tries to access the DO. The derived object's name is removed from the directory by the OS-level access; thus, subsequent accesses return not found errors.
For an unshared derived object whose data container is in view-private storage, rmdo deletes the entry from the VOB database, but does not delete the data container from view storage. The data container is an ordinary file that can still be listed, executed, and so on, but it cannot be a candidate for configuration lookup. The ls -long command lists it with a [no config record] annotation. To delete the data file, use the Windows del command.
For a nonshareable derived object, which does not have an entry in the VOB database, rmdo converts the DO into an ordinary view-private file. To delete the file, use the Windows del command.

In each case, rmdo also deletes the associated configuration record if it is no longer needed. Both of the following conditions must be true:

No other sibling DO (created in the same build script execution) still exists.
The DO is not a build dependency (subtarget) of another DO that still exists.

rmdo does not delete DO versions. To delete a DO that has been checked in as a version of an element, use rmver.

SCRUBBING OF DERIVED OBJECTS

ClearCase includes a utility, scrubber, that deletes shareable DOs. scrubber deletes the entries in the VOB database and (for shared DOs) the data containers in the VOB's storage pools. By default, the ClearCase scheduler runs scrubber periodically. See the schedule reference page for information on describing and changing scheduled jobs.

Each DO pool has scrubbing parameters, which you can modify with the mkpool -update command.

PERMISSIONS AND LOCKS

Permissions Checking: For each object processed, you must be one of the following: DO group member, DO owner, VOB owner, member of the ClearCase group. To delete a shared DO, you must be the VOB owner or a member of the ClearCase group. See the permissions reference page.

Locks: An error occurs if the VOB or pool is locked.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

HANDLING OF LIKE-NAMED DERIVED OBJECTS. Default: Deletes at most one DO for each file name specified with command arguments. A file name with a DO-ID (for example, hello.obj@@24-Mar.11:32.412) specifies exactly which DO to delete. A standard or view-extended pathname specifies the DO that appears in the view.

To determine the DO-IDs of derived objects, use lsdo.

-a·ll: Deletes all DOs at a given pathname, regardless of the view they were created in or currently appear in. (However, see the CAUTION .)

-zer·o: Similar to -all, but deletes only those DOs with zero reference counts.

SPECIFYING DERIVED OBJECTS. Default: With -all or -zero, the default is to list all DOs in the current working directory. If you do not specify one of these options, you must supply at least one argument.

do-pname ...: Pathnames of one or more individual DOs. A name with a DO-ID, such as foo@@10-Nov.10:14.27672, specifies a particular DO, irrespective of view. A standard Windows NT pathname or view-extended pathname specifies the DO that appears in a view.

pname ...: (use with -all or -zero) One or more standard or view-extended pathnames, each of which can name a file or directory:

A file name specifies a collection of DOs built at the same pathname.

A directory name is equivalent to a list of all the file names of DOs built in that directory, including file names that do not currently appear in the view (perhaps after a make clean).

EXAMPLES

Examples including 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 command interpreter prompt. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt. In Attache, cmd-context represents the workspace prompt.

Delete the derived object hello.obj@@24-Mar.11:32.412.

cmd-context rmdo hello.obj@@24-Mar.11:32.412 Removed derived object "hello.obj@@24-Mar.11:32.412".

Delete all derived objects named hello in the current working directory.

cmd-context rmdo -all hello.exe Removed derived object "hello.exe@@23-Mar.14:16.178". Removed derived object "hello.exe@@23-Mar.19:25.394".

Delete all zero-referenced derived objects in the hworld directory.

cmd-context rmdo -zero hworld

Removed derived object "hworld\hello.o@@23-Mar.20:42.373". Removed derived object "hworld\hello.o@@23-Mar.20:36.228". Removed derived object "hworld\hello@@23-Mar.20:42.382". Removed derived object "hworld\hello@@23-Mar.20:36.234". Removed derived object "hworld\util.o@@23-Mar.20:42.376". Removed derived object "hworld\util.o@@23-Mar.20:36.231".