Re: Strange Behavior with Linked Files

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Subject: 	Re: [vault-list] Strange Behavior with Linked Files
Date: 	Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:21:33 -0600
From: 	Jeremy Sheeley <[email protected]>
To: 	Chris Mullins <[email protected]>
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For a shared folder, only the folder will have the shared icon. 
Everything below it will appear normal. As long as updates to one of the 
share locations is reflected in the others, you should be fine.

-Jeremy

Chris Mullins wrote:

> We’ve got 3 main code branches – one for each platform that we 
> support: Desktop, Mobil, and Mono.
>
> Our code is mostly shared (using links) between the 3 versions, so 
> that the same file exists in each spot, and changes to any get 
> propagated to all. Previously we’ve done this on a “per file” basis, 
> manually creating the directory structure for each platform.
>
> I figured I would get tricky, and try to share an entire folder. I 
> selected the “MultiUserChat” folder in the desktop platform, and 
> shared that into the Mobil platform. The results don’t look quite right.
>
> When I look at the source code files in the Vault Explorer, they show 
> up in the right spots, but they don’t have the “linked” icon that all 
> the older files have. When I right-click and show their properties, 
> they only show as being in the Desktop platform area.
>
> Will this approach work?
>
> -- 
>
> Chris
>