Tag: symlinks

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Modify several symlinks at once

adding ../ to the target path

If you have to add the same property, i.g. ../ to several symlinks in the same folder, you can use this code:

#!/bin/bash

for f in *; do 
  [ -L "$f" ] || continue
  [ -e "$f" ] && continue   # skip the valid ones

  target=$(readlink "$f")
  [[ "$target" != /* ]] && ln -snf ../"$target" "$f"
done

You can either save this code in a bash file, or paste it directly in a terminal.

another case: replace the name of the target file

If you have now target files renamed with “-” instead of space ” “, you can use this code:

for f in *; do
  [ -L "$f" ] || continue
  [ -e "$f" ] && continue

  target=$(readlink "$f")
  newtarget=${target// /-}

  [[ "$target" != "$newtarget" ]] && ln -snf "$newtarget" "$f"
done
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symlinks on linux decoder

You need to have a relative symlink (like “../../folder/file” or “folder/folder/file”), not an absolute one /(like “/mnt/your-path/file”): this latter indeed is effectual only in your computer, not on decoder (or in whatever other device).

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symlinks on fat32 devices

You can use posixovl:

  • install posixovl (i.g. via synaptic);
  • rename /sbin/mount-posixovl -> mount-posixovl.orig;
  • create a new mount-posixovl in sbin:

#!/bin/bash
# wrapper for mount.posixovl to conform with common mount syntax
# with this wrapper posixovl can be used in fstab

# location of the original mount.posixovl
origposixovl="/sbin/mount.posixovl.orig"

# gather inputs
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        if [[ "$1" == -* ]]; then
                # var is an input switch
                # we can only use the -o or -F switches
                if [[ "$1" == *F* ]]; then
                        optsF="-F"
                else
                        optsF=""
                fi
                if [[ "$1" == *o* ]]; then
                        shift
                        optsfuse="-- -o $1"
                else
                        optsfuse=""
                fi
                shift
        else
                # var is a main argument
                sourcedir="$1"
                shift
                if [[ "$1" != -* ]]; then
                        targetdir="$1"
                        shift
                else
                        targetdir="$sourcedir"
                fi
        fi
done

# verify inputs
if [ "$sourcedir" == "" ]; then
        echo "no source specified"
        exit 1
fi
if [ "$targetdir" == "" ]; then
        echo "no target specified"
        exit 1
fi

# build mount.posixovl command
"$origposixovl" $optsF -S "$sourcedir" "$targetdir" $optsfuse

  • add to /etc/fstab something like this (depending on the name of your device):

LABEL=Basic402 /media/duns/basic2 vfat user,rw,noauto,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8 1 2
/media/duns/basic2 /mnt/e-reader posixovl noauto 0 0

  • create a script, like this: 

#!/bin/bash
wmctrl -c mount.posixovl.orig
mount /media/duns/basic2
mount.posixovl -F /media/duns/basic2 /mnt/e-reader
krusader --left /mnt/e-reader/ebooks --right /mnt/zippati/eBooks

done!