Base ClearCase quick guide
In the following sections we show you some useful commands for common tasks in Base ClearCase.
Views
How many views do I need?
Generally, one per discrete task is a good idea, though this is not a requirement. Views should be regarded as cheap entities that are easily created and destroyed. Create one for each task you have to do and when that task is done, delete the view.
How to create a view
cleartool mkview -tag thistag storage-location
Where thistag is the view-tag (the name of the view which should be a mnemonic name that you can easily remember) and storage-location is the location of a place on a disk where the view can store information.
How to delete a view
cleartool rmview -tag thistag storage-location ...
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