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short cuts to extrnal hard drive

Dai

Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:51:05 am

ln -s /media/'harddrive name'/Linux/name/Videos /home/name/Videos/

If you have an external hard drive it some times quite convinient to create a mirrored backup system. Basically creating a copy of th efolder structure in your home folder. I find it quite convinient to put a soft link in ecah foler for instance a soft link of Document folder on external hard drive in Documents folder so I can just drag and drop as I go. I do this with a few other folders such as music as well.

ln -s /media/'My Book'/Linux/dai1/Downloads /home/dai/Downloads/

ln -s /media/'My Book'/Linux/dai1/dwhelper /home/dai/dwhelper/

ln -s /media/'My Book'/Linux/dai1/Graphics /home/dai/Graphics/

ln -s /media/'My Book'/Linux/dai1/Pictures /home/dai/Pictures/

ln -s /media/'My Book'/Linux/dai1/Videos /home/dai/Videos/

Just thought I would pass this tip on.

Admin-Amir

Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:35:25 am

Hello Dai.

I do not see any help with that part that you doing at all. :idea:
If you want to backup you machine/folder/path and so on = use back in Time.
Back in Time will make snapshot from the place you configure like/home/HDD and so on.
Some time you need the software and not the commands. ;)

Here some info for you and the pps on the site:
http://maketecheasier.com/automate-your ... 2009/04/16

Dai

Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:48:23 am

Admin-Amir wrote:Hello Dai.

I do not see any help with that part that you doing at all. :idea:
If you want to backup you machine/folder/path and so on = use back in Time.
Back in Time will make snapshot from the place you configure like/home/HDD and so on.
Some time you need the software and not the commands. ;)

Here some info for you and the pps on the site:
http://maketecheasier.com/automate-your ... 2009/04/16



Maybe I shouldn't use the word backup but access instead. it is just a way to have easy access to the folder system which has been backed up before but, now I have easy access to them through the folders on Zorin so all I have to do is drag and drop as I go, to tidy up my Zorin folders (just my way of working). Quite correct in saying there are better tools to backup system but, when it comes to just half a dozen files at a time to keep the folders tidy this works fine.