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Bug 225558

Summary:	Files does not refresh in project view with symlinks
Product:	platform	Reporter:	emoranchel
Component:	Filesystems	Assignee:	Jaroslav Havlin <jhavlin>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	tstupka, tzezula
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 8 x64
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:	237882
Bug Blocks:
Attachments:	Possible fix

Description emoranchel 2013-01-30 18:25:31 UTC

When opening a project that is stored in a symlinked folder when you update the files outside NetBeans the IDE does not update the file tree or the file contents (if a project is running).

Using NTFS file system and the mklink command

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new project (I used a Java Web project)
2. Close the project.
3. Create a symlink (Directory junction) to the project using a command prompt and  executing: mklink theCreatedProject newprojectfolder /J
4. Open the newprojectfolder project (junctioned folder)
5. Add a new file to the project (an html for example)
6. Netbeans does not display the new file.

- Temporary work around: close and open the project.

I suspect that the OS reports changes to the files only in the original folder not the junctions.

Is there a refresh button for this cases?

Comment 1 Jaroslav Havlin 2013-09-04 13:54:27 UTC

*** Bug 212897 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Jaroslav Havlin 2013-11-01 10:30:10 UTC

> Is there a refresh button for this cases?
Main menu -> Source -> Scan for External Changes

Comment 3 Jaroslav Havlin 2013-11-05 16:17:54 UTC

Created attachment 141877 [details]
Possible fix

Patch with a possible fix for initial review.

Support for symlink watching has to be enabled by system property:
-J-Dnb.fs.watch.symlinks=true