2009/9/5 bill <[email protected]> > 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
