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mr odus
mr odus

Reputation: 172

Eclipse CDT Not updating new files or directories

I have a large project that is in a collection on directories and built externally to eclipse. We are using clearcase as SCM so it basically mounts the code changes for each view to a directory.

This has been working well for some time and just using Eclipse to traverse and edit code has been great.

To edit, In Eclipse, I create a new c++ project and then import all the directories of the codebase in as "File System" option

in the import popup, I select Advanced>> and select "Create links in workspace", selecting both options below; Create virtual folders and create link locations relative to PROJECT_LOC

This seems to allow me to edit the source files in their place in the mounted directory. However, I noticed that if I add a new file or directory, or a new one gets added in the view, they do not appear in eclipse until I re import the directory.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 212

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323633

"Creating linked resources" is indeed the recommended best practice to reference a "linked folder" that I mentioned in 2009.

But I always found working better with ClearCase snapshot views than dynamic views (the latter are ill-suited for many read-write operation involved with reading/compiling sources)

Upvotes: 1

mr odus
mr odus

Reputation: 172

Importing the directories is possibly not the cause of this issue, but it's solved by creating my project differently.

Selecting File >> New >> Folder >> Advanced >> Link To altrenate location, seems to work far better than the importing way I was doing things and in this case it does refresh files and seems to work much faster to boot.

Upvotes: 0

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