IBM Rational ClearCase
UNDER CONSTRUCTION please be pacient with me :-)
Introduction
ClearCase is a Enterprise Level Software Version Control Tool that has been around for many year, originally created by Atria, then owned by Rational and now IBM.
Some Terminology
VOBS
VIEW
ELEMENTS
Elements Types & The Type Managers
How to Use LVCompare.exe With ClearCase
ClearCase integration with external 3rd-party diff/merge products is accomplished through its type manager. The type managers are defined in your ClearCase folder\lib\mgrs\map. Each map line has 3 parts: the CC filetype, the CC action, and the application. Find Section in the map file for the "appropriate type manager". There you will find lines for CC actions compare, xcompare, which look like this:
z_whole_copy compare ..\..\bin\cleardiff.exe
z_whole_copy xcompare ..\..\bin\cleardiffmrg.exe
Further Reading
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cchelp/v7r0m0/index.jsp IBM ClearCase 7.0.0.0 Help, Manual & Information Centre
www.cmcrossroads.com/ -- A major resource for ALL aspects of Software Configuration Managements info on many source control tools