Alias/Shortcut use in OS2008

[robbneu]

Okay, I have yet another noob question about the N800 and how to use it. I have all of my files on my internal memory card. It has my desktop images, music, movies, PDFs, notes, etc. So, whenever I try to reference anything, I have to scroll down, select "internal memory card," find the appropriate folder, etc. My question is whether or not it's possible to create a shortcut in my true "documents" folder that points to the one I'm actually using on my internal SD card.

As I mentioned in my other "doofus" thread, I upgraded to OS2008 under forum member urging. I use a Mac, so it took a little Terminal work, but was more intimidating than it was difficult. I updated my wife's N800 as well, so thanks for the gentle push. We're both really enjoying the new OS. The only issue we've experienced is our auto-complete settings don't seem to stick when you power up from off. Very minor, but a little annoying.

Thanks again for everyone's help! Take care,

Robb

[Benson]

Yes, it's called a symlink, you can make one from in xterm withln -s <target> <link>
For example, you might do ln -s /media/mmc2/documents /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/onSD
which would put a link called onSD in your documents folder, which would take you to the documents folder on your internal SD.

You might also try removing the .documents directory entirely, and replacing it with a link, but this might not work. I'm not sure whether their localization name-fake stuff would do it right...

[m_stolle]

Well, the "Unix" way of doing this is with a "symlink". They are similar to Windows shortcuts, but work at the file-system level and are basically transparent (meaning, the link looks like the original file for any program that doesn't specifically care to find out).

You can create these symlinks from the command line. Open the terminal program and change into your "MyDocs" folder:

$ cd MyDocs
$ ln -s /media/mmc2 InternalCard

Of course you can change "InternalCard" to any new you like (if you like spaces in your name, make sure you put the whole name in "quotes". If you would like to link directly to a sub-directory of your memory card, append it to /media/mmc2

Martin

[robbneu]

That's really awesome, guys! Thanks so much for your help! That's really great!

If I want to delete it, do I use "rem?" My unix (via OS X) is very basic and/or lousy. :)

[pycage]

Yes, you can delete the link with rm. But if it's in the MyDocs folder, it might be possible to delete with the file manager as well.

[robbneu]

Thanks, Pycage. I knew "rem" looked funny. :)