cppolicy

Copies a policy

Applicability

Product

Command type

VersionVault

cleartool subcommand

Platform

UNIX®

Linux®

Windows®

Synopsis

cppolicy [ -c comment | -cfile pname | -cq | -cqe | -nc ]
[ -replace ] [ -rolemap rolemap-selector ]
existing-policy-selector policy-selector ...

Description

The cppolicy command changes the definition of a policy. It may change the effective ACL of the rolemaps that implement the policy. This command updates file system ACLs on elements and their version containers for elements that are protected by such rolemaps.

Restrictions

Authorization

The principal must have the following permissions:
  • read-info on VOB object
  • read-info and read-name on the source policy

If replacing a policy, the principal must have mod-props on the target policy in addition to the permissions that are listed above.

Locks

An error occurs if one or more of these objects are locked: VOB, target policy

Mastership

(Replicated VOBs only) For cppolicy -replace, the replica must master the target policy.

Options and arguments

Copying and replacing a policy

-replace
If policy-selector exists, it is replaced with a copy of existing-policy-selector.
-rolemap rolemap-selector
The rolemap that is to protect the new policy.
existing-policy-selector
The policy that is to be copied.
policy-selector
The name of the copy of the existing-policy-selector. If policy-selector exists and you specify -replace, it will be replaced by existing-policy-selector.

Event records and comments

Default
Creates one or more event records, with commenting controlled by your .versionvault_profile file (default: -cqe). See the comments reference page. Comments can be edited with chevent.
-c/omment comment | -cfi/le comment-file-pname |-cq/uery | -cqe/ach | -nc/omment
Overrides the default with the option you specify. See the comments reference page.

Examples

The UNIX system and Linux examples in this section are written for use in csh. If you use another shell, you may need to use different quoting and escaping conventions.

The Windows examples that include wildcards or quoting are written for use in cleartool interactive mode. If you use cleartool single-command mode, you may need to change the wildcards and quoting to make your command interpreter process the command appropriately.

In cleartool single-command mode, cmd-context represents the UNIX system and Linux shells or Windows command interpreter prompt, followed by the cleartool command. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt.

  • Copy the policy DevPolicies to NewDevPolicies.

    cmd-context  cleartool cppolicy DevPolicies NewDevPolicies