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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kpanel
From:       Pietro Iglio <iglio () fub ! it>
Date:       1998-11-12 11:48:40
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At 12.42 12/11/98 +0100, you wrote:
>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 :)

Yes, there is. Switch to Linux :-)

Seriously speaking: what sys are you using? Did you check that there is no
way to say
cp "don't follow symlinks"? Alternatively, you can use tar.

Alternatively, wait until I commit my changes to kdisknav :-)

Bye,

-- Pietro Iglio

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