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Automation Engine removes symlink to ucsrv.ini and replaces it with a copy of the target file.

  • 1.  Automation Engine removes symlink to ucsrv.ini and replaces it with a copy of the target file.

    Posted Oct 20, 2017 11:47 AM
    When the AE server starts up, if ucsrv.ini is a symlink pointing to the actual AE server INI file, the AE server process removes the symlink and replaces it with a copy of the target file. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this the intended behavior?


  • 2.  Automation Engine removes symlink to ucsrv.ini and replaces it with a copy of the target file.

    Posted Oct 24, 2017 02:33 AM

    Yes that is the intended behavior.
    The reason is, that the ini file is re-written at the startup by the PWP.



  • 3.  Automation Engine removes symlink to ucsrv.ini and replaces it with a copy of the target file.

    Posted Oct 24, 2017 03:11 AM
    This should probably be documented.


  • 4.  Automation Engine removes symlink to ucsrv.ini and replaces it with a copy of the target file.

    Posted Oct 26, 2017 11:44 AM
    Michael Lowry said:
    This should probably be documented.
    Or, in frankness, changed. Because symlinks are supposed to be handled transparently, and one can follow a symlink for writing, I personally don't see a good reason for UC4 handling it this way. I suspect UC4 removes or even unlinks the file, then rewrites it from scratch. Which, if so, would also leave you with no file at all if something goes wrong in between.