Brilliant, well that should do the trick then! Right now my ubuntu installation has died on me, serves me right for buying a newly released laptop, but as soon as it is up and running again, I'll be trying that out. I'm guessing the "-h" in the example you gave was a typo right? It's a "-d" option?
Anyway thanks Peter! On May 23, 8:32 am, "Peter Bienstman" <[email protected]> wrote: > You can start mnemosyne with the -d option, to specify which data > dirertory it uses, e.g. > > mnemosyne -h full-path-to-my-funky-datadir > > Cheers, > > Peter > > Quoting mzatanoskas <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > Suggestion: Option to chose where to place the .mnemosyne folder on > > installation. > > > I think this could be useful for dual booters (it feels like there are > > a few of us), also for anyone who likes to keep all the data that need > > regular backup in one place. (I know backup software can do this for > > you, but I find I start losing track of what needs back up and what > > doesn't and I don't like leaving it just up to software). > > > Basically I got a new laptop and am dualbooting windows and ubuntu. > > Ubuntu is my preferred environment but I'm having some problems > > getting ubuntu to work well (always the case with new laptops) and > > I'll be dualbooting for some time. > > > I looked into this a year or so ago, and people suggested I used > > symlinks and synching software like unison. I'll look into it again, > > but last time I found it a little confusing, and with such important > > data and a heavy workload a small synching mistake would be a real > > pain. > > > So maybe the option to chose the location of the .mnemosyne folder > > would be an answer? That way I'd have it on my shared partition and > > that would be that. > > > Thx. > > > M. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
