[cvsnt] Re: offline folder can't be updated when offline, even though server online

[Tony Hoyle]

David Holmes wrote:
> But this really isn't about the pros and cons of network shares, it is a
> specific issue related to a windows share in offline mode. It seems apparent
> from other bug reports (eg. Visio in MS knowledgebase) that performing file
> I/O on a network share in offline mode, behaves differently to online mode.

A quick test seems to show it (mostly) works.  I can checkout, and 
update, etc. however anything that would require the deletion of a 
directory completely screws up the sandbox as offline files don't 
support that.

Also commit is extremely errattic - I believe that it's because the 
offline share isn't tracking timestamps correctly (if you do a 'dir' 
fast enough after the file has changed it hasn't updated the timestamp - 
it takes a while).  It'll often take a couple of attempts before the 
commit is recognised.  This is critical enough (and unfixable) that I'd 
recommending avoiding such shares with CVS completely... it's likely to 
affect the update too (in that you'd lose changes if CVS didn't realise 
the file was changed).

Tony