mark,
that was a __really__ good idea. it appears to have worked. thanks!
pete
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Mark Kim wrote:
> Can you make "/usr/local/share/users/.netscape" and symlink it to
> ~/.netscape?
>
> -Mark
>
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> > i keep a global bookmark.html in /usr/local/share/users/bookmark.html, and
> > make symbolic links from within $HOME/.netscape, so all incarnations of me
> > can use the same bookmark file.
> >
> > the trouble is, when i edit the bookmarks, say as user p, the symbolic
> > link is erased and /home/p/.netscape/bookmark.html is written with the
> > updated information, and becomes a regular file. the changes are only
> > accessible to p, since it's no longer a link to the global file.
> >
> > i can't make hard links because /home and /usr are on different partitions.
> >
> > i looked into chattr - can't find anything that would help me (i do want the
> > file to be modifiable).
> >
> > any ideas on how to keep the symbolic link from being deleted each time i
> > edit the bookmarks?
