"Use Symlink"

dgennetten Joined: 2005-07-06 Posts: 16	Posted: Wed, 2005-09-21 03:19
	What does "Use Symlink" do when adding items from Local Server? When checked, it still seems to do the normal file & folder copy. Douglas G
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nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16504	Posted: Wed, 2005-09-21 05:53
	What OS is your webserver on? I think on Linux based systems it does create an actual symlink, on Windows it probably doesn't since there's no native equilvalent of a symlink.

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Wed, 2005-09-21 08:08
	nivekiam, you can only check the symlink option if it's available == if it's not a windows platform. dgennetten, folders are created in the albums directory, but for files, you should see a symlink when you use this option. use `ls -la *` to see what files are symlinked. btw: i wouldn't use this option if not absolutely needed, since it's better if all files 100% under the control of g2, else you're more likely to get into trouble, e.g. if you delete files in the original place etc.

nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16504	Posted: Sun, 2005-09-25 17:36
	Ah, thanks for the info valiant.

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