Batch file to delete ClearCase view-private directories and files

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After searching on this forum, I finally got down to these 2 command-lines below that I run in a batch file to delete ClearCase view-private directories and files in my snapshot view.

REM First delete view-private directories
for /F "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`cleartool ls -r ^| find /V "Rule:" ^| find /V "hijacked" ^| find /V "eclipsed" ^| find /V "-->"`) do ( if exist "%%~i\" ( rmdir /S /Q "%%i" ) )

REM And then delete view-private files
for /F "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`cleartool ls -r ^| find /V "Rule:" ^| find /V "hijacked" ^| find /V "eclipsed" ^| find /V "-->"`) do ( if not exist "%%~i\" ( del /S /Q /F /A:H "%%i" ) )

However, I get these errors from time to time:

Could Not Find C:\Source\Folder\FileA.log
Could Not Find C:\Source\Folder\FileB.log
Could Not Find C:\Source\Folder\SubFolder\FileC.pbl

The files are view-private files and they do exist at the provided location. But it looks like the batch file cannot "see" to delete them. What am I doing wrong?

All I can think of is right issue (no read access), or a process which keeps an handle on that file (try the same commands after a full Windows reboot) — VonC
You might be able to detect the issue by using the MS/System Internals Process Monitor tool. Running a procmon trace with the filter set to "Path... begins with ... c:\Source" and starting your script may give ytou some visibility into the issue. If you're actually using a dynamic view, and are on an old ClearCase release, you will want to patch up as procmon can BSOD certain older 7.1.x, 8.0.0, and (IIRC) 8.0.1.0 and 8.0.1.1 versions. — Brian Cowan

TDN TDN · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-14T15:39:54

I updated the delete command to remove the switches and my batch file was finally able to find the view-private files and delete them.

REM And then delete view-private files
for /F "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`cleartool ls -r ^| find /V "Rule:" ^| find /V "hijacked" ^| find /V "eclipsed" ^| find /V "-->"`) do ( if not exist "%%~i\" ( del "%%i" ) )

Batch file to delete ClearCase view-private directories and files

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