topic Re: Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file in Alfresco Archive

Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file

commalf — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:28:53 GMT

Hi, everyone. I am running Alfresco 4.0d Community (standard 64-bit installer package) on Ubuntu Server 12.04 (completely vanilla server install; no prior LAMP, etc. - I let Community's installer install everything).I can add a Versionable aspect to any file through the web interface and can upload

Re: Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file

mrogers — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:07:54 GMT

You need some of the more recent fixes to support mac word 2011

Re: Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file

commalf — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:41:53 GMT

Mrogers,

Thanks very much for your reply.

Overwriting any versioned file on a CIFS share via drag-and-drop through the Finder seems to cause Alfresco to delete all records of the original versioned file and create a new record for the copied file. This seems to be a behavior with CIFS and is not specific to Word documents.

Is there a way to prevent all versionable files overwritten in CIFS from being removed from Alfresco's web interface?

Is there a way to prevent a versionable file deleted in CIFS from being removed from Alfresco's web interface?

Re: Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file

mrogers — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:51:55 GMT

No a delete or a rename is a delete or rename regardless of which client it comes from.

The good news is that Alfresco 4 has the machinery to deal with this type of problem in a generic manner. The bad news is that support for mac stuff was added after 4.0.d.

Re: Manipulating file in CIFS removes all prior versions of file

commalf — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:36:33 GMT

Thanks again for your response.

1. Is there a way to keep all files placed in the Trashcan in the Trashcan indefinitely until they are restored?

2. Is there a way to have Alfresco automatically do the following: whenever a file is saved/written, if there is a file with the same name/location in the Trashcan, automatically restore the file from the Trashcan first, then save the newly saved/written file as a new major version of the original file?