Erik, Thanks for the tip, but ultimately that has the same problem. For now I will just change the file attributes to require a sudo to edit or delete subroutines. The main purpose was to put them some place where they would not get accidentally deleted if someone was over zealous in cleaning up the nc_files folder.
Thanks, Eric Until LinuxCNC supports separate directories directly, there is a workaround for both these use cases. Simply put the subroutine or other files in any desired directory, then place a link to each file in the $PROGRAM_PREFIX directory. e.g. for the latter use case: $ ln /home/emcuser/emc2/subroutines/mysub001.ngc /home/emcuser/emc2/nc_files (That's one line, but your mail client has probably wrapped it.) That hard link makes the file appear equally in both directories, though only one copy exists on disk. If one link is deleted, the one copy will still be in the other. If the two directories are on separate devices, you'll need a symlink instead, i.e. add "-s" after the "ln". That link will remain afterwards, if the file it points to is deleted, and so is a little more work to maintain in that case. Hopefully there's something new in the above, for Lars or Eric. At least it is a way to do what they want, for now. The $PROGRAM_PREFIX directory is now only a funnel connecting to a thousand file directories, if desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
