Make main directories accessible using English names in the terminal on a Chinese localized UI

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sat May 14 03:53:12 UTC 2016


On Sat, 14 May 2016 05:50:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 14 May 2016 05:36:15 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>On Sat, 14 May 2016 02:38:09 +0000, darn urash wrote:  
>>>Is it possible that Ubuntu could be just like it's in as OS X, that
>>>even if those directories are translated, you also can access them
>>>using their English names in the terminal?      
>>
>>I don't know, but perhaps a workaround helps, e.g. a link.
>>
>>$ ln -s Chinese documents
>>
>>$ ls -ld Chinese ?ocuments 
>>drwxr-xr-x 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4096 May 14 05:32 Chinese
>>lrwxrwxrwx 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse    7 May 14 05:32 documents ->
>>Chinese drwxr-xr-x 3 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4096 Apr 16 17:42
>>Documents  
>
>What happens if you rename Documents to my_documents and then make a
>link
>
>Documents -> my_documents
>
>Will the link Documents be renamed to Chinese too, if you switch to
>Chinese?

If not, you could generate two links:

Documents -> my_documents
Chinese -> my_documents




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