|
|
Sync to Dropbox from anywhere in your home folder
I used a program called Symboliclinker which has a GUI, which I needed. It works fine, giving me a menu option to create a symbolic link and the new symbolic link represents the folder it's linked to perfectly. However, if I create a file in the folder the symbolic link to that folder does not reflect that change. Even after I reboot. Do symbolic links not refresh themsleves to keep up with the folder they're linked to?
Sync to Dropbox from anywhere in your home folder
Hmm... there shouldn't be anything to refresh. A symbolic link is basically a pointer to the original file or folder; it is not a separate file or folder that needs to be kept in sync with the original. It sounds like the utility you use may not actually be creating a symbolic link. You can check this through the Terminal. I'm guessing you aren't to Terminal-savvy, but if you type ls -l [foldername] where foldername is the folder containing the symbolic link, then the first letter on the line containing your sybolic link should be a lowercase L, not a D; if it is a D then that means it is a separate folder, not a symbolic link. The directory listing for the original folder will always start with a D, and entries for any symbolic links will always start with an L. For example if I have a sybolic link called Files in my Dropbox folder linking to Files in my Documents folder, then if I go into Terminal and type ls -l ~/Dropbox then I would see something like lrwxr-xr-x 1 dan staff 41 Feb 18 2010 Files -> /Users/dan/Documents/Files/. (The ~ in the ls command is a shortcut that always means the home folder of the currently logged in user - so in my case, /Users/dan/Dropbox is the same as ~/Dropbox)
Sync to Dropbox from anywhere in your home folder
I feel bad for waiting your time. You put so much into your answer.
Sync to Dropbox from anywhere in your home folder
That's quite alright, I was just procrastinating at work lol! Glad you got it cleared up! |
SearchFrom our Sponsor...Latest Mountain Lion HintsWhat's New:HintsNo new hintsComments last 2 daysLinks last 2 weeksNo recent new linksWhat's New in the Forums?
Hints by TopicNews from Macworld
From Our Sponsors |
|
Copyright © 2014 IDG Consumer & SMB (Privacy Policy) Contact Us All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. |
Visit other IDG sites: |
|
|
|
Created this page in 0.05 seconds |
|