The CMS Support Module automatically refreshes the status of its files whenever you expand a folder in the Explorer.
Automatic refreshes also occur when you use one of the standard commands: Add, Remove, Check in, Check Out, Get Latest Version, or Undo Check Out. When these occur, the NetBeans Explorer scans your local files for new, deleted, renamed, and changed files. There are other times when you may need to refresh manually in order to see the current status of files.
When you should use the Refresh commands...
A manual refresh is necessary if certain operations are performed on one or more files outside of NetBeans. For example, if you reserve a file within NetBeans and then replace it outside NetBeans, the file status appears to be reserved within NetBeans until a refresh occurs.
Note The file status as displayed in the Explorer has no effect on the operation of CMS commands. It is not a requirement to do a manual refresh unless you want to make sure that the status displayed for each file in the Explorer is what you expect.
You can refresh the status of an individual file, an individual folder, or the entire mounted CMS filesystem. The CMS command menu shows both Refresh and Refresh Recursively commands when the selected item is a folder. If the selected item is a file, the CMS command menu shows Refresh and Refresh File commands. The Refresh File command updates the status of the selected file or files only. The Refresh command refreshes the current directory and the files it contains. The Refresh Recursively command refreshes every directory and file in the mounted filesystem (not just the current directory and below).
To Refresh one or files in
a CMS directory
Select one or more files under the CMS mount point, right-click on one of
them, select the CMS command, and choose Refresh File from the
context menu.
To Refresh a CMS directory
and the files it contains
Right-click on a directory or file under the CMS mount point, select the
CMS command, and choose Refresh from the context menu..
To Refresh recursively a
CMS directory and the directories and files it contains
Right-click on a directory under the CMS mount point, select the CMS command, and select Refresh Recursively from the context menu.
During a recursive refresh, a list box is displayed showing the folder names
as they are refreshed. You can click the Stop button at any time to terminate
the refresh operation. The operation has completed when the message Subtree
successfully retrieved appears.