Moving and removing orphaned elements from the lost+found directory

You can move elements from the lost+found directory to another directory in the same VOB or to a directory in another VOB:

To move an element from the lost+found directory to another directory within the VOB, use the cleartool mv command.
To move an element from the lost+found directory to another VOB, use the relocate command. For more information about moving elements to another VOB, see the relocate reference page in the DevOps Code ClearCase Command Reference.

Note: You can permanently delete an element from the lost+found directory using the cleartool rmelem command. This command destroys data irrecoverably, so it is safer to move elements rather than to remove them.

Tip: In a snapshot view, the lost+found directory, which is located immediately below the root directory of a VOB, is treated as any other directory. To load the directory in your view, you must use a load rule that specifies either the parent directory of the element or the directory itself. However, as with any other directory in a snapshot view, you do not need to load the lost+found directory to issue ClearCase® commands for elements in the directory.