clearfsimport does not remove files at the component root dir

Question

I am using this command line to import files into a VOB:

clearfsimport -recurse -rmname -nsetevent -filter /* 


        

Answer 1

The -rmname option that I mentioned in "How to delete file elements by file extension in ClearCase?" for clearfsimport might now always work:

• "clearfsimport -rmname may not detect removed directories if wildcards are used to specify source directories"
• "clearfsimport -rmname does not work for files at the root directory"

The second link is relevant here and would explain why fileC remains.

This is working as designed.
The -rmname option only applies to directories and you must be in a vob directory when you run the command.

It is best to not use a full vob as a component, but to use a multi-component vob.

If not possible, then you can try and move the content of vobComponentRootDir in a subfolder (just for the clearfsimport to work): vobComponentRootDir\subfolder.
And move that same content back in vobComponentRootDir once the cleafsimport is completed.