[SOLVED] can i use a soft link to redirect a dotted directory?

unclejed613 · 01-06-2014, 10:48 PM

i'm installing a program that puts over 10G of data into a dotted directory.... such as ~/.bitcoin-qt

the problem is, there's less than 10G of space left on the /home partition, but i do have another drive that has over 200G free... the question is, can i redirect the data using ln, so that i won't be filling up the remaining space on /home?

TobiSGD · 01-06-2014, 10:58 PM

unclejed613 · 01-06-2014, 11:06 PM

what's the best way to do it? ln -s -T /newdrive/.bitcoin-qt .bitcoin-qt ?
or does it need to be a hard link?

unclejed613 · 01-06-2014, 11:11 PM

tnx that seems to have worked

TobiSGD · 01-06-2014, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unclejed613

what's the best way to do it? ln -s -T /newdrive/.bitcoin-qt .bitcoin-qt ?
or does it need to be a hard link?

Hardlinks are only possible within the same filesystem, so a hardlink won't work in your case.

Petri Kaukasoina · 01-07-2014, 08:17 AM

Nowadays directories can't be hardlinked at all, even within a filesystem. (A bind mount would be something similar, and it works within and between filesystems.)