Re: [Evolution] Is it possible to store foldes using Symbolic Link?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

It isn't the softlink that is the problem, it is the filesystem, I guess
it doesn't support locking or doesn't fail in a way we expect when it
doesn't.  Mounting will not make any difference.

You could instead setup a new maildir account, and just store your mail
there instead of 'on this computer'.  That will probbly work on a fat
filesystem.


On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 09:39 +0200, pensatorecontabile wrote:
> I have tryed moving my "local" folder
> from /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local
> to /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail/local, an then creating a symblink
> (ln
> -s /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail/local /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local) ;  but when I Run Evo, I cannot 
> access to the mail contents (I can see the list of mail subjects, I suppose because theya are stored on 
> anpther directory, located not unser the link), and I receive the following error message "Tempo scaduto 
> nel tentativo di prendere il file di lock /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox.  Riprovare più tardi.. 
> " that translated in English is "Time-out locking the file /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox. I 
> suppose Evo cannot access to the path "/home/milani/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox".
> Browsing the filesystem from the console, I can access (and also
> write) to the folder /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local, so maybe Evo
> cannot access to symblink folders.
>
> Is it possible to "mount" /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail/local folder
> on /home/milani/.evolution/mail/local mount point? In this case maybe
> Evo will not understand the Trick.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Mario
>
>
> Il giorno mar, 02-08-2005 alle 21:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan ha scritto: 
> > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:05 +0200, pensatorecontabile wrote:
> > > I have another partition (DATA) almost free, and I would like to move
> > > my mail folders and messages from the actual position
> > > (/home/milani/.evolution/mail/local) to a different
> > > (ex. /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail) 
> > >
> > > Is it possible?
> >
> > maybe you could do it with "linux" rather than evolution.  While evo is
> > not running, you could move your entire .evolution directory to where
> > you want it, then create a symlink to that.  eg
> >
> > mv /home/milani/.evolution /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail/.evolution
> > ln -s /windows/D/Evolution_Mail/mail/.evolution /home/milani/.evolution
> >
> > If you don't want to move the entire directory, it would be just as easy
> > to move part of it...
> >
> > HTH,
>
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