Re: netscape bookmark.html
Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> writes:
> 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?
>
> pete
No. I would write a command that creates fresh links in each incarnation's
~/.xsession resp. in gdm.conf (or whatever you use). Or use mirrordir
to keep the central file up to date.
-- Andre
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