rename element in clearcase with @@ in filename

Question

For some reason some users produced some files that end in "@@" (...) (I think because they have in the CCRC the gui option to show the version extended pathname and i think that has somewhere a little bug).

Now... they are unable to remove or rename these files (it returns "not a object in the vob")

how can they rename or remove these files?

update

Resolved I forgot to use the complete rmname "a.doc@@@@\bla\1", after the full path i could delete them.

Answer 1

The simplest solution would be to try to list and remove those objects from a base ClearCase view directly on the CCRC server (or any base ClearCase client).

From this kind of ClearCase installation (CCRC server or full ClearCase client), you do have access to cleartool (the ClearCase CLI -- Command Line Interface --), and you can:

• cleartool ls: list the files in the view, to check those files with @@ are indeed there
• cleartool rmane -force to remove them

The OP used

 cleartool rmname "a.doc@@@@\bla\1"

, meaning he had to use the extended path (file name + @@ + version path) of the file ended with @@, hence the four @: file@@@@version.