Re: Saving files of one folder in another partition, but without changing the path?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:33:04 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Put simply, I have a program which saves data in a subdirectory of
> /var/lib/. The problem is double:
> 
> 1. I can't modify the path where data are saved; 2. I'm lacking free
> space in /var/lib/the_concerned_subfolder/ because it is on an isolated
> partition (say hda2).
> 
> However, I have free space in /home/merciadriluca/, but this is on
> another partition (say hda1). How could I manage to save
> /var/lib/the_concerned_subfolder/* data at
> /home/merciadriluca/another_folder/ so that the program notices nothing?
> Symlink?

I'd say yes.

Something like:

***
mkdir /home/merciadriluca/destination_folder
ln -s /var/lib/linked_folder /home/merciadriluca/destination_folder
***

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón