Thank you, but I would appreciate it is you could provide the correct
syntax for making the links as well as correct procedure for moving the
files.

John

On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 16:24 +1000, Lachlan wrote:

> Symbolic links
> 
> 
> On 18/02/2014 3:47 pm, "John Lauterbach" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>         I would like to move the data files (e-mails, contacts, etc.)
>         from /home/john/.local/share/evolution/
>         to /media/MyChemistry/evolution/ .  Reason for wanting to do
>         this is partition with /home/ is getting low on space as data
>         files associated with evolution are larger than 5 GB and it is
>         also the same partition that contains the Ubuntu 12.04 OS and
>         other applications software.  Some authorities have suggested
>         symlinks, but they do not seem to work.  Also, the restore
>         program on evolution put the restored data back
>         on /home/john/.local/share/evolution/ .
>         
>         Thank you very much.
>         
>         John
>         
>         
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