mkattype

An attribute is a name/value pair. When creating an attribute type, you must specify the kind of value (integer, string, and so on). You can also restrict the possible values to a particular list or range. For example:

• Attributes of type FUNC_TYPE could be restricted to integer values in the range 1–5
• Attributes of type QAed could be restricted to the string values TRUE and FALSE.

Each new VOB is created with two string-valued attributes types, named HlinkFromText and HlinkToText. When you enter a mkhlink –ftext command, the from-text you specify is stored as an instance of HlinkFromText on the hyperlink object. Similarly, an HlinkToText attribute implements the to-text of a hyperlink.

Default

An error occurs if an attribute type named type-name already exists in the VOB.

–rep/lace

Replaces the existing definition of type-name with a new one. If you do not include options from the existing definition, their values are replaced with the defaults (Exception: the type's scope does not change; you must explicitly specify –global or –ordinary).

If you specify a comment when using –replace, the comment appears in the event record for the modification (displayed with lshistory –minor); it does not replace the object's creation comment (displayed with describe). To change an object's creation comment, use chevent.

Constraints:

• If there are existing attributes of this type, you cannot change the –vtype value.
• If there are existing attributes of this type or if the containing VOB is replicated, you cannot replace a less restrictive –vpelement, –vpbranch, or –vpversion specification with a more restrictive one. (–vpelement is the most restrictive.)
• You cannot replace the predefined attribute types HlinkFromText and HlinkToText.
• When replacing an attribute type that was created with the –shared option, you must use –shared again; that is, you cannot convert an attribute type from shared to unshared.
• When converting a global type to ordinary, you must specify the global type as the attribute-type-selector argument. You cannot specify a local copy of the global type.

Default

Creates an ordinary attribute type that can be used only in the current VOB.

–glo/bal [ –acq/uire ]

Creates an attribute type that can be used as a global resource by VOBs in the administrative VOB hierarchy. With –acquire, mkattype checks all eclipsing types in the VOBs and converts them to local copies of the new global type.

For more information, see the Help.

–ord/inary

Creates an attribute type that can be used only in the current VOB.

Default

In a given element, one attribute of the new type can be attached to each version, to each branch, and to the element itself. One attribute of the type can be attached to other types of VOB objects.

–vpe/lement

Attributes of this type can be attached only to versions; and only one version of a given element can get an attribute of this type.

–vpb/ranch

Attributes of this type can be attached only to versions; and only one version on each branch of a given element can get an attribute of this type.

–vpv/ersion

Attributes of this type can be attached only to versions; within a given element, all versions can get an attribute of this type.

Default

One or more string-valued attribute types are created.

–vty/pe integer

Attributes of this type can be assigned integer values. You can use these options to restrict the possible values: –gt, –ge, –lt, –le, –enum.

–vty/pe real

Attributes of this type can be assigned floating-point values. You can use these options to restrict the possible values: –gt, –ge, –lt, –le, –enum.

–vty/pe time

Attributes of this type can be assigned values in the date-time format described in the mkattr reference page. You can use these options to restrict the possible values: –gt, –ge, –lt, –le, –enum.

–vty/pe string

Attributes of this type can be assigned character-string values. You can use the –enum option to restrict the possible values.

–vty/pe opaque

Attributes of this type can be assigned arbitrary byte sequences as values.

Default

Attempts to attach or remove attributes of this type succeed only in the VOB replica that is the current master of the attribute type. The VOB replica in which the new attribute type is created becomes its initial master.

–sha/red

If you specify –vpbranch, –vpelement, or –vpversion, VersionVault checks the mastership of the branch, element, or version's branch to which you attach or remove the attribute when you invoke the mkattr or rmattr command. If you do not specify –vpbranch, –vpelement, or –vpversion, and the object to which you attach or remove the attribute is a version, mastership of the branch is checked when you invoke the mkattr or rmattr command. If you do not specify –vpbranch, –vpelement, or –vpversion, and the object to which you attach or remove the attribute is not a version, the mastership of the object is checked when you invoke the mkattr or rmattr command.

If a type is global and shared, additional mastership restrictions exist when you create instances of the type. You cannot create instances of the type unless the client VOB contains a local copy of the type, or the administrative VOB at the current site masters the type. For more information, see the Help.

Default

The values that can be assigned to attributes of the new type are unrestricted within the basic value type (any integer, any string, and so on). You can specify a list of permitted values, using –enum; alternatively, you can specify a range using –gt or –ge to specify the lower bound, and –lt or –le to specify the upper bound.

–gt low-val   or    –ge low-val

Lower bound of an integer, real, or time value. –gt means greater than. –ge means greater than or equal to.

–lt high-val   or    –le high-val

Upper bound of an integer, real, or time value. –lt means less than. –le means less than or equal to.

–enu/m value[,...]

Comma-separated list (no white space allowed) of permitted values for any value type. See the description of the value argument in the mkattr reference page for details on how to enter the various kinds of value arguments.

Default

You cannot use mkattr –default to create an instance of this attribute type; you must specify an attribute value on the command line.

–def/ault default-val

Specifies a default attribute value; entering a mkattr –default command creates an attribute with the value default-val.

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.

Default

The attribute type is created in the VOB that contains the current working directory unless you specify another VOB with the @vob-selector argument.

attribute-type-selector ...

Names of the attribute types to be created. Specify attribute-type-selector in the form [attype:]type-name[@vob-selector]

Naming the attribute types

type-name	Name of the attribute type See the cleartool reference page for rules about composing names.
vob-selector	VOB specifier Specify vob-selector in the form [vob:]pname-in-vob
	pname-in-vob	Path name of the VOB tag (whether or not the VOB is mounted) or of any file system object within the VOB (if the VOB is mounted)