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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kpanel
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1998-11-10 18:04:42
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Pietro Iglio wrote:
> 
> At 09.24 10/11/98 +0100, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >Today I tried to copy my kde dir around and had to find out
> >that someone put a symlink to / in it. I think, this is a
> >very, very bad idea.
> >
> >Can't kdisknav simulate those symlinks instead of really
> >setting them? I must say, I _hate_ recursive symlinks.
> 
> The advantage of using symlinks for kdisknav is that users can add entries to
> the kdisknav menu with simple drag&drop operations, without the need of using
> something like the KPanel menu editor. I argue that dragging stuff on a KFM
> window (as the one the is shown to edit kdisknav menu entries) is easier than
> learning to use a menu editor. The drawback is that you must use "cp" with the
> -d option to copy symlinks as symlinks (as I wrote in the kdisknav doc).
> 
> I understand your problem with symlinks, however. I'm thinking about an
> alternative
> solution.

Which of the following options do you mean with -d?

Usage: cp [-f] [-i] [-p] f1 f2
       cp [-f] [-i] [-p] f1 ... fn d1
       cp -r|R [-f] [-i] [-p] d1 ... dn-1 dn  

Greetings, Stephan

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