[SLUG] Ubuntu Jaunty default folders - symlink to elsewhere?
I've just installed Ubuntu Jaunty and have most things set-up ok (old install is Kubuntu 8.04), including finding replacement apps under gnome for those I've used under KDE. What I want to do is symlink my /home/bill/Documents;Videos;Music;Pictures folders to another folder :- ie /home/bill/DATA/documents I tried :- ln -s /home/bill/DATA/documents /home/bill/documents without success as opening /home/bill/Documents does not go to /home/bill/DATA/documents ls -all /home/bill/documents shows lrwxrwxrwx 1 bill bill 25 2009-09-04 19:02 /home/bill/documents - /home/bill/DATA/documents What did I do wrong? Or are those folders setup in such a way by default that they cant be symlinked? Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Jaunty default folders - symlink to elsewhere?
2009/9/5 bill bi...@swiftdsl.com.au I've just installed Ubuntu Jaunty and have most things set-up ok (old install is Kubuntu 8.04), including finding replacement apps under gnome for those I've used under KDE. What I want to do is symlink my /home/bill/Documents;Videos;Music;Pictures folders to another folder :- ie /home/bill/DATA/documents I tried :- ln -s /home/bill/DATA/documents /home/bill/documents without success as opening /home/bill/Documents does not go to /home/bill/DATA/documents ls -all /home/bill/documents shows lrwxrwxrwx 1 bill bill 25 2009-09-04 19:02 /home/bill/documents - /home/bill/DATA/documents What did I do wrong? Or are those folders setup in such a way by default that they cant be symlinked? /home/bill/documents is not the same as /home/bill/Documents on ext and other unixy file systems (ie case is important). Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Daniel Bush -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
