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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-7450

Create a symbolic link to dynamic view in workspace

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    • clearcase-plugin
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      When using dynamic views, these can be accessed by /view/viewtag and that's fine. However, most plugins use workspace relative paths and don't accept absolute path like above. Therefore I would recommend that symbolic link for the view is created in workspace to be able to access the files from the view.

      Setting custom workspace on a view is not an option, since if the view is not started Hudson fails before even coming to SCM plugin which would start the view.

          [JENKINS-7450] Create a symbolic link to dynamic view in workspace

          Good idea. However, this would be restricted to Unix hosts, and I only have access to Windows hosts with Clearcase. Feel free to contribute a patch, I'll be happy to apply it.

          Vincent Latombe added a comment - Good idea. However, this would be restricted to Unix hosts, and I only have access to Windows hosts with Clearcase. Feel free to contribute a patch, I'll be happy to apply it.

          Garen Parham added a comment -

          mklink /d myview M:\myview

          Works on Vista and newer.

          Garen Parham added a comment - mklink /d myview M:\myview Works on Vista and newer.

          But, XCOPY doesn't work in Windows Vista o newer. See the console, is throw "Invalid Path".

          Ariel Piñeiro added a comment - But, XCOPY doesn't work in Windows Vista o newer. See the console, is throw "Invalid Path".

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            raspy Krzysztof Malinowski
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