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I'm using clearcase version 8.0.1.00.

Pwv gives me: 

Working directory view: Core
Set view: ** NONE **

I want this:

Working directory view: Core64
Set view: ** NONE **

There already exists a Core64 view but using setview it gives me:

cleartool: Error: You cannot use the "setview" command with a snapshot view.

I am doing this in the path of BCPL/Core64/BCVOB/Admin/builds.

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Since Core64 is a snapshot view, all you need to do is to go (cd) to its root folder (which can be anywhere you decided to create it).
See also "Difference between Snapshot and Dynamic Views"

Then a cleartool pwv would give you Core64.
It would do so in any folder or subfolder of the root folder of the Core64 view. But ClearCase itself does not know where that root folder is.
See "How to find the view location in my Linux home dir".
As I mentioned in "Find local copy of files in snapshot view":

The only link between your snapshot view and its root directory is the .view.dat hidden file which contains the uuid of the snapshot view.

Note: even if Core64 was a dynamic view, I would recommend not to use cleartool setview (but the full path of a dynamic view: /view/Core64/vobs/aVob). See "working in /vobs/some/path versus /view/view-tag-name/vobs/some/path"
Again, that path is not the right one here, since Core64 is a snapshot view, and /view is a mounting point for dynamic views.

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  • I want the directory BCPL/Core64/BCVOB/Admin/builds to use core64 view. By changing the directory with cd that doesn't accomplish that. I know where the global path view is stored "/views/user/Core64.vws", I just want clearcase to use that view in THIS directory. Thanks. – Joseph Luce Jan 11 '17 at 20:25
  • @JosephLuce All you need to do is to rename `builds` into another name, and move/rename your other folder (the one which is the root folder of the `Core64` snapshot view) into `BCPL/Core64/BCVOB/Admin/builds`. – VonC Jan 11 '17 at 20:28
  • BCPL/Core64/BCVOB/Admin/builds is loaded from a config spec, but the config spec is loaded using Core view. I don't believe moving folders is correct. Kinda scared this will break things if I do so. Then again I have no clue how clearcase works, I'm treading lightly. – Joseph Luce Jan 11 '17 at 20:35
  • @JosephLuce That will bread *nothing* for ClearCase. ClearCase does not care where the snapshot view is. ClearCase does not associate a path to a config spec. All that ClearCase checks is the `.view.dat` hidden file in order to know which snapshot view (and config spec) to use. If you want, you could simply switch the two hidden `.view.dat` files. – VonC Jan 11 '17 at 20:38