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Wow, thanks for the reply, nice find! I did some poking around on my Linux system and even re-arranging the home folder was a task of its own because the system

by 0des 5y ago

Wow, thanks for the reply, nice find! I did some poking around on my Linux system and even re-arranging the home folder was a task of its own because the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places. I will do some digging in to Gobo and see how they're handling this. Thanks again for pointing this out.

dotancohen 5y ago
> the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places. This is the file that you want: $ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  That helps, but be warned that there are still programs running around that just hardcode their paths
  - kaba0 5y ago
    Cries in nixpkgs (Anyone who tried to package a program that hardcodes the “usual” binary paths know the pain)
    - account42 5y ago
      Doesn't nix itself hardcode the nix store path though?
      - kaba0 5y ago
        Afaik there is an option to change it, but it is not advisable as that will break the binary cache and you are left with compiling everything yourself. This is due to a technical limitation in that different packages can contain paths everywhere and thus they are inherently part of the resulting hash, on which other packages can depend.
lostlogin 5y ago
You’re clearly a more capable user than me, but even so, take care. The time I accidentally moved /etc has scarred me for life.
- tech2 5y ago
  Early on in my Linux-using-life I made the mistake of deleting /etc. That was a learning experience like no other :)
  - mixmastamyk 5y ago
    Since Live CDs/Flash drives were invented, I wouldn't worry about this stuff any longer. Certainly have your personal files in a centralized location and backed up first. Probably the easiest way to experiment these days is to create a VM and make snapshot, then start knocking down walls, just to see when and where the house collapses. Then revert and try something new.
    - genewitch 5y ago
      There's a computer game that deletes random files when you make a mistake or lose. There could be a competition!
  - simonblack 5y ago
    A couple of weeks after moving to UNIX from MSDOS, I thought I'd remove lots of unnecessary 'dot-directories' from the /tmp directory. I was root as I had no concept of being a 'normal user'. So I ran two simple commands: cd /tmp rm -fr .* and wondered why it was taking so long. <grin>
    - account42 5y ago
      At least that doesn't happen today anymore. From bash: > When a pattern is used for pathname expansion, the character ``.'' at the start of a name or immediately following a slash must be matched explicitly, unless the shell option dotglob is set. The filenames ``.'' and ``..'' must always be matched explicitly, even if dotglob is set.

by 0des 5y ago

dotancohen 5y ago

> the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places. This is the file that you want: $ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
That helps, but be warned that there are still programs running around that just hardcode their paths
- kaba0 5y ago
  Cries in nixpkgs (Anyone who tried to package a program that hardcodes the “usual” binary paths know the pain)
  - account42 5y ago
    Doesn't nix itself hardcode the nix store path though?
    - kaba0 5y ago
      Afaik there is an option to change it, but it is not advisable as that will break the binary cache and you are left with compiling everything yourself. This is due to a technical limitation in that different packages can contain paths everywhere and thus they are inherently part of the resulting hash, on which other packages can depend.

lostlogin 5y ago

You’re clearly a more capable user than me, but even so, take care. The time I accidentally moved /etc has scarred me for life.

tech2 5y ago
Early on in my Linux-using-life I made the mistake of deleting /etc. That was a learning experience like no other :)
- mixmastamyk 5y ago
  Since Live CDs/Flash drives were invented, I wouldn't worry about this stuff any longer. Certainly have your personal files in a centralized location and backed up first. Probably the easiest way to experiment these days is to create a VM and make snapshot, then start knocking down walls, just to see when and where the house collapses. Then revert and try something new.
  - genewitch 5y ago
    There's a computer game that deletes random files when you make a mistake or lose. There could be a competition!
- simonblack 5y ago
  A couple of weeks after moving to UNIX from MSDOS, I thought I'd remove lots of unnecessary 'dot-directories' from the /tmp directory. I was root as I had no concept of being a 'normal user'. So I ran two simple commands: cd /tmp rm -fr .* and wondered why it was taking so long. <grin>
  - account42 5y ago
    At least that doesn't happen today anymore. From bash: > When a pattern is used for pathname expansion, the character ``.'' at the start of a name or immediately following a slash must be matched explicitly, unless the shell option dotglob is set. The filenames ``.'' and ``..'' must always be matched explicitly, even if dotglob is set.