Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote explains why the results of an IBM® Rational® ClearCase® cleartool sub-command may yield strange characters in errors such as "ûversion" or "ôlbtype".
Symptom
The below cleartool find command is executed in ClearCase 2003 and results in the following errors:
V:\VOB_NAME>cleartool find . -version "lbtype(LABEL_NAME)" -exec "cleartool mkbranch -nco my_branch\"%CLEARCASE_XPN%\"" -print
cleartool: Error: Pathname not found: "ûversion".
cleartool: Warning: Skipping "ûversion".
cleartool: Error: Pathname not found:
"ôlbtype(LABEL_NAME)ö".
Cause
These errors are due to cleartool not recognizing the dash (or hyphen) in front of the version (-version).
There are two known causes related to this problem:
CAUSE 1: The cleartool sub-command was copied from a Microsoft® Word document (or similar program) and had unknown characters pasted into the command window.
CAUSE 2: There may be a problem with the command window if the prompt was opened from a shortcut.
Resolving The Problem
Solution 1
Paste the command syntax into notepad and replace the unknown characters with a known character or remove the characters if not needed.
Solution 2
Start a command prompt window using Start > Run and type cmd, rather than using the shortcut and retry the command again.
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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