[OPIE 0000161]: PIM apps overwrite symlinks to CF card

From: <opie-bugs.a.t.handhelds.org>
Date: Fri Sep 13 2002 - 05:40:26 EDT

The following bug has been CLOSED
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http://131.152.105.154/mantis/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000161
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Reporter: abcoates
Handler: ofels
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Project: OPIE
Bug ID: 0000161
Category: Core
Reproducibility: always
Severity: minor
Priority: normal
Status: closed
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Date Submitted: 08-15-02 16:10 CEST
Last Modified: 09-13-02 11:40 CEST
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Summary: PIM apps overwrite symlinks to CF card
Description:
I like to keep my main info on my CF card for safety, using symlinks. This
means "/root/Settings/Categories.xml",
"/root/Applications/addressbook/addressbook.xml",
"/root/Applications/datebook/datebook.xml", and
"/root/Applications/todolist/todolist.xml". However, whenever any of this
information is changed, the symlink is overwritten by an actual file. Can
this behaviour be changed so symlinks are respected? Thanks a lot, Cheers,
Tony.
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 eilers - 08-15-02 17:17 CEST
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The files are removed by the Applications. Therfore your links are removed,
too.

Why don't you just set the directories as symlinks ? This should work...

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 abcoates - 08-15-02 17:55 CEST
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Excellent! I'll do just that, should be perfect. Thanks.

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 ofels - 08-16-02 09:58 CEST
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Can we consider this as resolved or is there an urgent need to fix it ?

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 abcoates - 08-16-02 10:37 CEST
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This is completely resolved for my purposes, thanks.

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 ofels - 08-20-02 08:22 CEST
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There are workarounds available.
Closing it unless someone else complains about this being urgent.

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 ofels_admin - 09-13-02 11:40 CEST
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nobody else complaint about it => closing it
Received on Fri Sep 13 10:23:13 2002

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