Powershell to do Clearcase checkin ,checkout,find command?

Question

How to do check-in /check-out /Find and etc operation in Clearcase UCM using powershell.

Is there any way custom cmd-lets are available for this?

Answer 1

For more advanced functionality and better response times, I'd recommend accessing the CAL API directly via COM. The best documentation for that is available locally in <ClearCase install dir>\bin\cc_cal.chm.

$cc = New-Object -COM ClearCase.Application
$ccItem = $cc.Version("<absolute path to file/dir>")
$coItem = $ccItem.CheckOut($cc.ccReservedState,"",$false,$cc.Latest,$false,$false)
Write-Output $coItem.IsReserved

Answer 2

You can find an example in this IBM bug report, where you would use in your Powershell session the CAL API (ClearCase Automation Library)

PS C:\temp> $ct = new-object -com ClearCase.ClearTool
PS C:\temp> $ct.CmdExec('checkout -nc aFile')

Or, as in this thread, you would use directly cleartool.

In both cases, you will need to make sure the view in which you are doing the checkout/checkin operation as an UCM activity set (cleartool lsact -cact -cview should return an activity name, if done within the view).