By default, UNIX client
users work from a link-based work area. The work area is called link-based
because the files in your work area are symbolic links to the files
in your Rational® Synergy
database. When you edit a file in a link-based work area, the database
files are updated immediately with changes. This update occurs because
you are working on the files themselves, rather than on copies of
them.
If you are running on the UNIX client,
you can use a copy-based or a link-based work area.
If you use a tool or command in your work area that breaks symbolic
links, you must sync your project to update the database objects with
the work area changes.