If the folders had the same names, then you could apply the exact same pattern, however in Windows you’ve got Videos instead of Video, so you cannot do it at least with this one. Unless you need to share a large number of folders, for the sake of simplicity I would just recommend sharing each of them separately. This way they can have different names/paths on both sides.
Yes, for Windows that seems to be the most suitable method on the face of it especially when a laptop is involved too.
I will investigate the use of ‘move’ the location and see if that would send links to one location which could then be synced.
Thank you all for your input.
Why not move / rename the folders on the Linux side to match the Windows names? It should be easier than on Windows. xdg-user-dirs-update is your friend here.
It is very easy in Windows to move a similar named set of folders as in Linux.
Would you explain the reason you suggest aranging the two sets to be the same. Is it because they would be synced to one set of folders?
I thought your goal was to have only one shared folder, with appropriate entries in .stignore? That only works if the directory structure is the same on both sides. Otherwise the shared folder per system location approach seems like a better fit. It’s your choice which way you prefer.
I was just checking we were both of the same mind. Thank you, I will go the shared folder per system.
From what I read, being rather a newbie, I think the documents are saying that I could move the relevant directories to another directory:
sudo xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP /media/games/xubuntu-default-directories/DesktopOr, edit the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file followed by a reboot?
Which would be preferable? imho the latter is preferable.
Definitely use the tool provided for the job. It will know best what exactly is required, where the file is to be found and whether it needs to be created first if not yet present. I’m not sure whether it will even get you around the need to reboot or re-login. Might depend on the software which you want to honor the new settings.
Even my edit has been repeated incorrectly with 2 extra ones.
this forum (and lots of other places) uses the backtick “quotation” to not change the text you type. if you’re talking about code or filenames, use backtick instead of regular quotes.
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