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Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 10:41 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> If I've understood you correctly, I don't see the advantage
of
linking
> them
> that way. Make a directory ~/Temp and in dolphin drag that
directory
> into the
> Places menu. Pull copies of everything you are going to
backup into
> that
> directory - at least as fast as linking them. Then when you
are
> finished,
> start the backup to removable devices and finally empty the
~/Temp
> directory.
Well sure, but I was hoping to avoid an extra copy stage. Why
do you say
that copying the files is as fast as linking them? We're
talking about a
couple of GB here. I agree that copying them to a local
directory is not
nearly as slow as the backup phase, but it also takes up
temporary
space. It's just inelegant :-)
If you use ext4, copy is
just as fast as link (still allocates
space, but it's copy-on-write, so it's effectively just a link).
Only actually does the copy when the data is changed in either.
I can do it my way from a Shell. The advantage of Dolphin is
that it
*sometimes* makes it easier to select a random set of files
(with
complex names not readily encompassed by a simple regular
expression),
but if Dolphin can't create hard links, then I'd regard that
as a
limitation.
Agreed, but putting in that menu will probably
make it harder
than it already is. Hard link? Soft link? Making the two entries
completely different will be hard.
Do you know if the Right-click menu is configurable? Or
documented?
Turning it on/off is all I know of it. It'd be in the ui.rc file
somewhere though I'd think. Maybe there's a class for it
somewhere.
Also, (OT) what's the difference between Play, Queue, Play
Next and
Queue Next in this menu?
Amarok? Never seen this menu myself :/
.
poc
- --Ben
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