Create a Virtual File Gallery with Symlinks
Creating a directory that is a union of several directories can be achieved with a few symlinks at the command line. Creating a Virtual File Gallery # Here is how I am creating a virtual directory of all my projects that is a combination of both work and not-work projects. I am creating symlinks for every directory under and. ⚠ Notice that first I am recreating the directory each time. This will ensure that any project that is deleted from their actual directory is removed from the virtual gallery. Updating the gallery # Since links are always kept up to date without any extra work, all the data is still in the same place it started. But as new directories are added to any project directory they will not be automatically added to the virtual gallery. cron bashrc/zshrc If you’re concerned about system resources, you can add it to a cron job to run at a regular schedule that makes sense to you. For me, I just popped those 4 lines right in my. It’s a bit overkill, maybe bloat, but it runs…