Of course, I wanted to suggest a junction point [3], not a hard link, because we talk about linking a directory, not a file. I mix the terms up sometimes, because they feel the same from an abstract view, although they are technically different.
Yours, Andreas [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point On 19 Okt., 10:52, AndreasD <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Adam > > On 11 Okt., 03:24, Adam Lasnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > >[...] > > The only downside I've found with my current arrangement is that my > > archive file -- also on Dropbox -- is in a different file location on > > each computer (username differs in the path), so MLO understandably > > complains it can't write to the archive file each time I open up MLO > > on a different computer :-(. > > My personal solution is to only archive on one computer only. It works > for me, because I switch the computers daily (work/home). > > The second approach I use for similar problems with other applications > is to use NTFS hard links [1] to "simulate" the same folder structure > on all computers, e.g. with use of a dedicated root folder like "C: > \Local", and then configure the hard linked folders instead of the > "real" ones which have individual paths on each computer. > Whatever you change in a hard linked folder is done in the source > folder as well. > > As an example, you could configure > "C:\Local\MLO\Archive" > as archive folder in MLO, which is a hard link to > "C:\Documents and Settings\<Your User Name>\My Documents\My Dropbox\MLO > \Archive". > > The hard link support is sparse in MS Windows (command line tool only, > AFAIK), but there are good tools like [2] to add better support. > > HTH, > Andreas > > [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link > [2]http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
