Does Ubuntu One sync symbolic links with Windows?
I noticed that the Windows Ubuntu One client currently doesn't support folders outside of the main ~/Ubuntu One
folder. I'm wondering if I can symlink to my other folders from within ~/Ubuntu One
and have Ubuntu One synchronize them properly. If this isn't supported yet, is it planned for the future?
Solution 1:
Symlinks won't be followed in Ubuntu One for Windows. The way it will work is the same way as the existing Ubuntu One for Ubuntu: you'll be able to mark any folder as synchronised with Ubuntu One. We're working on that right now. :-)
Solution 2:
(removed - consider Stuart's answer)
Say for example you want to synchronise /home/matt/test
, instead of making a symbolic link to this directory in ~/Ubuntu One
, make test
be a symlink to ~/Ubuntu One/test
, which is a proper directory.
that's
mkdir Ubuntu\ One/test
ln -s Ubuntu\ One/test test
cd /home/matt/test
This should alaways work, since Ubuntu One doesn't need to know about any of it.