Share some ./home dirs between version
Grizzly
Real_Grizz_Adams at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Sep 19 14:29:36 UTC 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 14:31, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
Re: Share some ./home dirs between (at least in part)
>On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 13:01 +0100, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>> I have on duel boot (22.04, 23.10 & Win7) I would like to share some
>> directories from /home on 22.04 with 23.10, it seems a wast of storage space to
>> have
>> /mystuff/apps
>> /pictures
>> /Scripts
>> /web
>> and maybe .wine
>> [snip]
>> Can it be done? I know it is possible (but maybe not advisable?) to share a
>> /Home between them as a whole
>Hi,
>yes, you can share
>/yourstuff/Pictures_and_similar
>but don't share
>/yourstuff/apps
>since configurations and even data sometimes is converted to another
>format when you run an updated app for the fist time and often it is not
>backwards compatible and there is no way to convert it back to the old
>format.
Stuff in MyStuff/apps is Win Exe's (run by Wine) so will only be updated
manually, if/when a new version is out
>You can either bind mount shared directories or simply use symbolic
>links. I recommend to use symbolic links and in the future a separated
>partition for shared stuff.
So I could have a single Pictures directory and both Ubuntu's will see it as
Home/pictures ?
>Btw. "duel boot" is a nice (probably) Freudian slip :D.
Subconsious maybe
Duel: "Any struggle between two skilful opponents"
albeit three opponents, and not sure Win7 counts as skilful :=>)
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