hbons/SparkleShare — Issue #486: Symbolic linking doesn't work
Author: cmavr8
Created: 2011-12-18 14:22:35+00:00
State: open

(Feature request)
Usecase:
I have a big Documents folder inside my mounted bigdisk. It does not fit in /home/user. I want to keep the Documents folder synced using Sparkleshare.

The command
"ln -s /home/user/SparkleShare/mydocs /media/bigdisk/Documents"
would mean that all Documents would be placed in mydocs...

For me the oposite syntax would be ideal:
"ln -s /media/bigdisk/Documents/ /home/user/SparkleShare/mydocs" so that Documents already in place just get synced by Sparkleshare.

But it doesn't work...

The alternative (to change SparkleShare's default folder) doesn't work due to a bug I just reported: https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/485

So one cannot sync folders that do not fit in their home dir...