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    submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I'm still a newbie Linux user so haven't fully delved into Symlinks...besides bricking a VM trying it once when following a guide.

    Can I for instance link a folder where emulators or offline games store save data on my main SSD and have it automatically copied to a folder on my large HDD?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    It doesn't copy data, no. Symlink is short for symbolic link. So it's a pointer to another location. But it might be useful for you. Taking a guess at your goal, here's a relevant example.

    Say you moved all of your emulation stuff stored under /media/largehdd/retroarch. You could then symlink that directory to ~/.config/retroarch like so:

    ln -s /media/largehdd/retroarch ~/.config/retroarch

    That data is still stored on the large drive but will now also show under that symlinked directory.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Yes you can, although this might be better done with rsync - and periodically runnind the syncing command.

    But syncthing does basically the same thing plus you can sync between multiple devices on the same network.

    I sync my laptop config with work pc this way.

    Edit: typos, damn mobile