About snapshot view characteristics and operating system type

For snapshot views, the operating system type from which you create the view determines view characteristics; the operating system type that hosts the files and processes related to a snapshot view do not affect the behavior of the view.

For example, it is possible to create a snapshot view from a Windows host and locate the view directory tree and the view storage directory on a DevOps Code ClearCase® host on Linux or the UNIX system (assuming that you use vendor software to access Linux or UNIX file systems from Windows computers). Although all files related to the view are on the Linux or UNIX workstation, because you created the view from a Windows host, the view behaves as if its files are located on a Windows computer: