On 20.04.2010, at 17:19, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > Timothée, Fischlin, and Simon, > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Simon Spiegel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The solution I use is Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com ). I have my complete >> personal tree (~/Library/texmf) on my Dropbox and symlinks* on the different >> machines point to it. It's perfect for this setup. >> *A symlink is something like an alias, but not quite the same. It also >> refers to a location on your hard drive, but comes from the Unix side. >> Symlinks are created in the shell, aliases in the Finder. The main >> difference between symlinks and aliases is that a symlink is completely >> transparent, meaning that the file system handles the symlink exactly like >> the place it refers to which is not the case with aliases. >> > > Thank you all for the very helpful suggestions. I have looked into > your suggestions, and figure that using the Dropbox might be a better > option for me. I have registered at Dropbox. > Something I'd like to > know more is about the symlink, as I certainly do not want to put the > physical files into the Dropbox folder.
I'm not sure I understand. The whole point of my setup is that you put your files into the Dropbox and that your various computers only point to that folder. > As Simon pointed out, the > alias might not be the best solution; I however do not know how to use > the shell to create a symlink. Does the following freeware help to > achieve the same task? > > http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/~seiryu/symboliclinker.html Yes, this essentially a contextual menu item which creates a symbolic link. Very handy, I use it myself. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully.“ George W. Bush
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