Clearcase config spec behaves odd when using setcs command

Question

I have config spec stored in a text file . Following are the content

element * CHECKEDOUT
element ...\\lost+found\\... -none
element \\My\\... MYF_R2.1.0.9.5179
         


        

Answer 1

There is no special limitation, according to cleartool setcs man page.

The only way this file isn't applied completely while applied manually if is there is some kind of encoding issue or newline issue in that file.

A way to debug it is to:

• apply it manually
• cleartool catcs -tag aViewTag > aFile: see cleartool catcs man page: redirect the content of a config spec for a given view in a file.
• compare aFile with your initial config spec file.