Hiding an element in ClearCase

Question

I\'m trying to hide an element in my ClearCase view. I\'ve set the following line in my config spec:

element /path/to/some/element -none

Fu

Answer 1

I confirm a config spec wouldn't operate well through a symbolic link.
See config spec man page

There is no VOB symbolic link scope.
A VOB symbolic link is cataloged (listed) in one or more versions of a directory element

A vob symbolic link adds some issue with the config spec (seen for instance after relocating elements)

Even without talking about Vob symlink, this technote mentions that ClearCase config spec without an unrelated wildcard or unrelated recursive rule will not resolve the end point of a symlink.

Answer 2

What dawned on my was that the path to the element contained a link to another VOB. After I changed the path to the absolute path of the other VOB, it worked:

element /var/vob/other_vob/vob/path/to/some/element -none

Apparently config spec settings don't apply through links.