[ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder

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On 27/07/2010 07:57, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Some advice please....
>
> In order to minimise the differences between working at home and away, 
> my desktop and laptop have very similar folder structures. This has 
> proven to be a little counter-productive since, when I'm transferring 
> files between them using Filezilla or Nautilus, it is easy to confuse 
> which pane is displaying the laptop's contents and which the desktop's.
>
> The logical solution would appear to be to rename the home folder on 
> one of the machines so that the path is clearly distinguishable. 
> However, I note that Nautilus has the "rename" option greyed out for 
> the home folder. To me this suggests that renaming it might not be a 
> good idea or, at least, needs to be done in conjunction with other 
> actions.
>
> My concern is that renaming the home folder will screw up the 
> configuration of numerous applications. Is it best just to live with 
> things as they are or is there a clean method of renaming the home folder?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nige
Use a symlink, so that you have two home folders on one machine, but 
data only stored once.

hth
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