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Subject: Re: kpanel
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: 1998-11-12 11:42:40
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Pietro Iglio wrote:
>
> At 19.04 10/11/98 +0100, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >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
>
> Under Linux you can call "cp" with the -d (= --no-dereference) option.
^^^^^^^^^^^
So you say I have no way to copy my kdedir? That sounds a bit too
limiting
for my taste :)
Greetings, Stephan
> Here is what man says:
>
> -d, --no-dereference
> Copy symbolic links as symbolic links rather than
> copying the files that they point to, and preserve
> hard link relationships between source files in the
> copies.
>
> May be that other unices do not provide a similar option.
>
> However, I have worked on this problem. I have a local copy of kdisknav that
> uses .kdelnk files rather than symbolic links. Please read my next message.
>
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