Steve Whitson wrote:
> Paul Koning wrote:
>> Steve> I expect and want a regular file in place of the symbolic link
>> Steve> on windows (as stated in the book). How can I achieve this?
>>
>> You are getting what the book describes.
>>
>> If what you want is a second copy of the linked-to file, that would be
>> a new feature.
>>
>> It would also be a very messy thing to do, because you'd have two
>> independent copies of the file on Windows but only one on other
>> operating systems. So on Windows you could create a working directory
>> where the two are different. They might perhaps *both* be modified
>> in different ways.
>> When you commit those changes, what would you expect to happen? I
>> can't think of any sensible answer.
>>
>> paul
>>
>>
> Not to make any claims that one is better than the other... but this
> case is handled fairly well under clearcase. I'm not sure how it
> would handle the case were I modify both (the link content and the
> target) but (from windows) I do revise the link target and all the
> links are instantly revised upon commit (check-in).
>
> Thanks much,
> -Steve
Just to finish my prior thought... since I just recalled... with the
checkout/in model (in clearcase) it never allows a checkout of the links
themselves, and therefore you can never commit (checkin) a link, only
the link-target (the actual file).
Thanks again for pointing out my oversight! I guess I felt embarrassed
for asking the question for a reason. I do deal with this stuff all the
time, but when my eyes deceive me it's tough to find the problem :)
-Steve
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