Another bug: FTP Upload causing broken link?

Question

hi, i have a file that has multiple parent(created using create link option).
When i update the file via WCP in drive O:,
changes to this file was reflected to other parent, which was correct, ofcourse.
But when i try to update the file via FTP,
only file in the corresponding/current folder was updated,
and link to other folders was gone,
and other parent folders still refering to the old file.
is this a bug? has anybody else notice this problem?
I also noticed inconsistent behaviour between deleting files via WCP and via FTP.
when i deleted files via FTP, it seems that the file was completely freed, removing the file from current folder and from all other related/linked folder.
but when i use WCP to delete file, it only delete file from current folder, and the same file in other related folder is still preserved.
another bug?
btw i'm using IFS 9.0.1,Windows 2000

Answer 1

1. Updating documents with multiple parents.
     The behaivor you describe is expected. Here is why.
     WCP updates the content of the document using RACI while
     FTP put creates a new document, replacing the existing document, and thus
     the link to other parents do not exist for the new document, and the other
     parents still point to the old document.
     One way around this problem is to have the folder containing the
     document have the multiparents, instead of the document itself. This
     would maintain the links if the docment content is changed or if the document
     is replaced.
2. Deleting documents with multiple parents
     This does apear to be a bug. The correct behaiver is to only delete the
     file from current folder, and the same file in other related folders
     is still preserved.
     This is fixed in the next iFS release 9.0.3 for FTP.
hope this helps!
Bob