[Thunar-dev] Make the bookmarks stick?

Marcos bugshideout at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 20 17:11:20 CET 2006


Does it really ?
Teoretically, it should not.
It should
a) see if the directory exists
b) if they do, try to see if the subdirs exist

by doing step b), automount should automatically mount the folder, which means the subdirs should
be avaliable.

--- mtlagm at gmail.com schrieb:

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Marcos wrote:
> 
> > There is an option in autofs to show the directories all
> > the time, even if they are not mounted.
> > It should solve your problem
> 
> Good point, thanks!
> 
> However, the problem remains unchanged for all the bookmarks
> pointing to a subdirectory of an autofs mount point.
> 
> Mihai
> 
> > Marcos
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am using bookmarks pointing at directories beneath autofs
> > > mount points, such as:
> > > 
> > >     bm --> /s/m
> > > 
> > > where /s is an autofs mount point and bm is a bookmark pointing
> > > at it.
> > > 
> > > Since at any given time these directories may exist or not,
> > > based on the state of the network connection and other factors,
> > > I end up with some of these bookmarks dissapearing from the
> > > side pane when Thunar starts.  I periodically add them back
> > > just to see them dissapear again.
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to make the bookmarks stick regardless of
> > > whether the destination directory is present or not?
> > > 
> > > Otherwise I'm quite happy that I discovered Thunar.  It suits
> > > my needs perfectly.  A big thanks to the developers!
> > > 
> > > Mihai
> > > 
> > 
> 




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