Re: [platform-core-dev] linked file clarification

[John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx]

Sorry Jed, I haven't had a chance to look into this.  I believe IResource.isSynchronized will return false in this case, even though the resource exists in the workspace and in the filesystem.  I think it won't be synchronized because the timestamp will be different from when the resource was created.  IResource.exists() should return true on the linked resource, even if it doesn't exist in the filesystem.  What behaviour would you expect?  If you've tried this, what behaviour do you see?

John.

Jed Anderson/Minneapolis/IBM@IBMUS Sent by: platform-core-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/20/2003 12:34 PM Please respond to platform-core-dev

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Hiya,

I've come across a linked resource example that I couldn't resolve using 
the docs.

Let's say I create a linked file in a project.  Assume that I pass in 
ALLOW_MISSING_LOCAL during link creation and that the file I've linked to 
does not exist.

After the setup, I create a file in the filesystem at the path specified 
by the linked file in the Workspace.

If I call IResource.isSyncrhonized(int) on the linked file, should it 
answer true?  This is tricky because being out of sync is different than 
not existing.  Do I need to call IResource.exists() before the 
isSynchronized() to catch all cases?

jkca