bkt_tool export

Exports all the workspace objects in the Public folders of a Rational® ClearQuest® database into one or more files. This allows the workspace objects to be reused.

Applicability

Platform: Windows

Command type: bkt_tool subcommand

Synopsis

bkt_tool -e
-dbset dbsetName -db dbName -user username -password password {-directory | -storagefile } pathName

Description

The Rational® ClearQuest® bucket tool export subcommand, bkt_tool -e, exports all the workspace objects in a Public Queries folder, including queries, reports, and charts, into one or more files. This allows the workspace objects to be reused. You can import the workspace objects into another Rational® ClearQuest® database by using the bucket tool import subcommand, bkt_tool -i.

Options and arguments

-dbset dbset
Specifies the schema connection name. Required if there are multiple schema repositories in the system.
-db dbname
Specifies the user database from which you are importing the workspace objects.
-user username
Specifies the login name of the user whose objects you want to export. This user must have Super User privileges.
-password password
Specifies the password for the username user. If there is no password, enter an empty set of double quotes ().
-directory pathname
Specifies the path name of the directory that contains the files to import. Enclose the path name in double quotes. The pathname contains a text file named CONTENTS.CFG and a series of files named 0001.DAT through nnnn.DAT. The .DAT files contain the binary data for each workspace object.
-storagefile pathname
Specifies the path name of an IStorage compound document.

Example

  • Export the workspace contents of the Public Queries folder from the CLSIC user database to the directory d:\temp\bkt_test.

    bkt_tool -e -dbset 1.1 -db CLSIC -user admin -password secret -directory "d:\temp\bkt_test"

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