ClearCase Reference Manual, Release 4.0, Windows

rmpool

Removes a VOB storage pool

APPLICABILITY

ClearCase (cleartool subcommand), Attache (command)

SYNOPSIS

rmpool [ -c·omment comment | -cfi·le comment-file-pname |-cq·uery | -cqe·ach | -nc·omment ]: pool-selector ...

DESCRIPTION

The rmpool command deletes one or more storage pool directories from a VOB, along with all the data container files stored within them.

Restrictions

Before removing a storage pool, you must reassign all its currently assigned elements to a different pool, using the chpool command. Otherwise, rmpool aborts with an elements using pool error. To list all the elements in a source or cleartext pool, use a find command. For example:

cmd-context find -all -element pool(source_2) -print

This command does not work with derived object pools.

Deleting Derived Object Pools

There is no way to move a shared derived object from one pool to another. Thus, you can delete a derived object pool only if either condition is true:

No directory elements have been assigned to the pool.
All data containers in the pool have been removed by the scrubber program or rmdo commands, and each directory element that currently uses the pool has been assigned to a different derived object pool.

PERMISSIONS AND LOCKS

Permissions Checking: For each object processed, you must be one of the following: pool owner, VOB owner, member of the ClearCase group. See the permissions reference page.

Locks: An error occurs if any of the following objects are locked: VOB, pool.

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 CUSTOMIZING COMMENT HANDLING in 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.

SPECIFYING THE POOLS TO BE REMOVED. Default: Removes a pool from the VOB containing the current working directory unless you specify another VOB with the @vob-selector suffix.

pool-selector ...: One or more names of existing storage pools. Specify pool-selector in the form [pool:]pool-name[@vob-selector]

pool-name

Name of the storage pool

See the Object Names section in the cleartool reference page for rules about composing names.

vob-selector

VOB specifier

Specify vob-selector in the form [vob:]pname-in-vob

pname-in-vob

Pathname of the VOB-tag (whether or not the VOB is mounted) or of any file-system object within the VOB (if the VOB is mounted)

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.

Change all elements using the c_source_pool to use the default source pool (sdft) instead. Then, delete c_source_pool.

cmd-context find . -all -element 'pool(c_source_pool)' -exec 'cleartool chpool ^ -force sdft %CLEARCASE_PN%'

Changed pool for "\users_hw\src" to "sdft". Changed pool for "\users_hw\src\libutil.a" to "sdft".

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cmd-context rmpool c_source_pool

Removed pool "c_source_pool".