Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i keep a global bookmark.html in /usr/local/share/users/bookmark.html, and > make symbolic links from within $HOME/.netscape, so all incarnations of me > can use the same bookmark file. > > the trouble is, when i edit the bookmarks, say as user p, the symbolic > link is erased and /home/p/.netscape/bookmark.html is written with the > updated information, and becomes a regular file. the changes are only > accessible to p, since it's no longer a link to the global file. > > i can't make hard links because /home and /usr are on different partitions. > > i looked into chattr - can't find anything that would help me (i do want the > file to be modifiable). > > any ideas on how to keep the symbolic link from being deleted each time i > edit the bookmarks? > > pete
No. I would write a command that creates fresh links in each incarnation's ~/.xsession resp. in gdm.conf (or whatever you use). Or use mirrordir to keep the central file up to date. -- Andre
