About converting view-private files to elements using mkelem

You can use the mkelem command to convert a view-private file to a file element with the same name. There are several cases:

During the element-creation process, the view-private file is renamed to prevent a name collision that would affect other DevOps Code ClearCase® tools (for example, triggers on the mkelem operation). If this renaming fails, you see a warning message. There are two renaming procedures: