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static links?
Static links can be created from the command line using
ln -s [actual file location] [new link location]. They've allowed me to do a few things, including moving Mail.app and all its data onto a secured disk image. I wouldn't be suprised if you could say ln -s /Volumns/Users /Users and have that do what you want.
Has anyone tried this approach? -Tim ---
static links?
Those would be symbolic links, not static links. UNIX systems have two kinds of links you can create: symbolic and hard. Symbolic links are simply pointers to the actual location. Hard links actually create entries that have the same physical location on the hard disk. The catch with hard links is that the file you are hard linking must exist on the same partition. This means hard links would not work for this hint. ---
static links? Can break Final Cut Pro & others
Be aware that using a symbolic link to point /Users to /Volumes/Users will cause some applications to fail, most notably Backup.app and Final Cut Pro.
I've struggled with FCP for weeks until I just gave up and switched to using NetInfo to move my user partition and left /Users right where it was.
separate /Users volume
I haven't had trouble using Final Cut Express or any other apps with a separate /Users volume attached via the /etc/fstab UUID method referred to by Hes Nikke earlier in this hint. It's the most transparent way I know of to ensure "/Users/username/..." pathnames will work on my other Macs which still have /Users on the startup volume. The NetInfo method would be my second choice, and even preferable in some situations. The symlink method has too much uncertainty for me to trust or recommend it.
static links? Can break Final Cut Pro & others
I have my home directory symbolically linked as opposed to the entire /Users. Before I did this Backup.app never worked for me. Once I created the symbolic link, it automagically begain working. |
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