is there a way to add a dynamic view shortcut on clearcase via a command line?

Question

I am looking for a way to add a dynamic view shortcut to clearcase, given the view tag and path. I have looked at cleartool commands but didn't seem to find the right one.

thanks for the help

Answer 1

Check first if starting the dynamic view is enough for a shortcut to appear: cleartool startview myView.

If by "ClearCase", you mean the ClearCase Explorer, then a cleartool command might not be needed.
See "To add dynamic view shortcuts in Rational® ClearCase Explorer (Windows)"

• in the Shortcut pane, click the Views tab
• Right-click in the Views tab and click Add View Shortcut.
• In the Add a New View Shortcut window, from the View Type list, select Dynamic.
• Select a view from the View Tag list.

As mentioned in "About adding shortcuts to programs in Rational ClearCase Explorer"

These shortcuts let you customize Rational ClearCase Explorer to meet your needs. A Rational ClearCase administrator can make tool and URL shortcuts that are tailored to specific project teams.

In pure command-line, you could create symlink (even in a Windows environment), but you would not need cleartool for that.
As shown in "About dynamic view access model (Windows)", you can also assign a drive letter to a view, which is like the net use command.