Symlinks not working correctly

[danielcooperxyz]

I use directory symlinks on Windows to link themes/plugins from other directories, but they do not seem to be working correctly with the new version. They are recognised but I'm not sure that the contents are picked up correctly.

[seamus-brady]

Thanks d4nc00per but I am not sure that would ever work as the files in htdocs/wordpress are synced back to the Linux VM via ssh. So you probably need to create the symlinks there using 'ln -s'. You can get access to the Linux VM using the iwpcli ssh command. Does that make sense?

[danielcooperxyz]

Thanks for the tip. I will have a look at this tonight and let you know. 😃

[danielcooperxyz]

Ok, so when I've come to do this I don't think I've explained my problem correctly, or I'm not understanding your suggestion.

When I was using 4.5, I usually dev against my repo at somewhere like C:\Source\mytheme\, and have a symlink to that directory in C:\InstantWP_4.5\iwpserver\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\mytheme. I'm not sure I can symlink like this with version 5? The theme does appear in WordPress but it doesn't pick up the styles file which I think means that the VM is not understanding the symlink correctly?

Thanks in advance for your time

[danielcooperxyz]

After remembering I could just go and list the directory, it looks like the VM has visibility of the contents of the directory.

[danielcooperxyz]

You can close this issue. It seems symlinks work fine 🤦‍♂️

[seamus-brady]

Ah, now I see what you do. Very clever. The setting for the file sync is controlled by the SyncLocalRoot in the config file (see the config folder). This is relative to the IWPRoot. You could try playing with that either and see what happens. Glad it worked :)

[danielcooperxyz]

Just a quick question on this, does the SyncTimerSeconds do as I think and control how often the directory is synced from host to guest? Is there a way of forcing it without restarting?

[FileSync]
SyncBinDir=win/sync/
SyncCommand=sync.bat
SyncUser=root
SyncPassword=root
SyncLocalRoot=/htdocs/wordpress
SyncVMRoot=/var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress
SyncPIDFile=sync.pid
SyncTimerSeconds=15

Thanks in advance

[seamus-brady]

That is an excellent and correct guess. The file below controls the syncing:

https://github.com/corvideon/InstantWP/blob/master/core/platform/win/sync/scp.script

I would be very interested in your opinion on this - I am stll not completely happy with it. It does work, but I fear that it may cause confusion amongst beginners - for instance it does not sync deletes. The various params are passed in by batch file. The docs for winscp are below:

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_synchronize

It is a really nice piece of kit though :)

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Just a quick question on this, does the SyncTimerSeconds do as I think and control how often the directory is synced from host to guest?

[FileSync] SyncBinDir=win/sync/ SyncCommand=sync.bat SyncUser=root SyncPassword=root SyncLocalRoot=/htdocs/wordpress SyncVMRoot=/var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress SyncPIDFile=sync.pid SyncTimerSeconds=15

Thanks in advance

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[danielcooperxyz]

I've noticed that it doesn't seem to sync new files on either side, but I may be missing something. I will take another look later on :)

Is there a simple way to force a sync from iwpcli or ssh?

[danielcooperxyz]

I can't seem to find a way of improving this sync. It's a bit of sticking point for my work using InstantWP. The folders need to be the same practically instantly, but I understand considering the system that it's not an easy feat.

[danielcooperxyz]

I figured out a way I can control it manually.

.\platform\win\sync\sync.bat "root" "root" "127.0.0.1" "10022" "G:\Wordpress\InstantWP_5.0\htdocs\wordpress\wp-co
ntent\plugins\myplugin\" "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/myplugin"

[seamus-brady]

Thanks Daniel - I am going to add this as a feature, a button on the Windows version to force an update/sync. We can call this the 'Cooper' button :) It will be a useful addition.

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I figured out a way I can control it manually.

.\platform\win\sync\sync.bat "root" "root" "127.0.0.1" "10022" "G:\Wordpress\InstantWP_5.0\htdocs\wordpress\wp-co ntent\plugins\pda-courses\" "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/pda-courses"

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[danielcooperxyz]

If it was available via the iwpcli command would be extra useful 😁

I've been using at part of my gulpfile, so it syncs on file save. The only problem I have found is that it will reopen the connection after it's done. I've tried removing the timeout, but it's not helped.

[seamus-brady]

Let me see what I can do about that - it seems a logical step :)

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If it was available via the iwpcli command would be extra useful 😁

I've been using at part of my gulpfile, so it syncs on file save. The only problem I have found is that it will reopen the connection after it's done. I've tried removing the timeout, but it's not helped.

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[seamus-brady]

Tracking it here:

https://github.com/corvideon/InstantWP/issues/27

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Let me see what I can do about that - it seems a logical step :)

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If it was available via the iwpcli command would be extra useful 😁

I've been using at part of my gulpfile, so it syncs on file save. The only problem I have found is that it will reopen the connection after it's done. I've tried removing the timeout, but it's not helped.

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