[Gimp-docs] Where have all my pictures gone?

[Kolbjørn Stuestøl]

I'm in a pause in a meeting just now (nothing to do with computing), but 
will have a look at your solutions as far as possible. Perhaps I will 
pray to be reincarnated as a programmer in my next life :-\ . It is real 
fun, but alas time consuming at my stage and may be even more if I get 
hooked.

Kolbjoern

Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv:
> Kolbjørn Stuestøl (Montag, 15. Juni 2009, 00:13):
>   
>> Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv:
>>     
>>> What are .lnk files?
>>>       
>> Files that links (points) to other files instead of containing the
>> "real" file. (Also called "shortcuts"). A file "myImage.png.lnk"
>> may for example point to the real image file "myImage.png". The
>> ".lnk" don't show up in the browser, but they are there.
>>     
>
> So .lnk files are symlinks, and apparently there are two kinds of 
> symlinks, since the 'ln -s' command under Cygwin creates also 
> symlinks - is this correct?
>
> Maybe here is the problem: Windows expects Windows-like symlinks (.lnk 
> files) and can't handle Linux-like symlinks created by 'make' under 
> Cygwin? Then you have to start your browsers using Cygwin?
>
>   
>> I'll give it a try.
>>     
>
> I have changed the Perl script we use to create links to images files 
> and have committed it to a new branch (try 'git branch -a').
> (Use 'grep -A3 -B6 make_image_links Makefile.GNU' so see how the 
> script is used with 'make'.)
>
> Now you can use it also for making hardlinks or copying files.
>
> You may want to knock on wood and try:
> 	1a)  $ rm -rf xml/no/images/*
> 	     $ tools/make_image_links.pl -v --mode=symlink images/C \
> 	       xml/no/images
> 	1b)  same as above (don't forget to remove xml/no/images/*),
> 	     but replace "symlink" with "hardlink"
> 	     (then check the image files with and without browser)
> 	1c)  same as above, with "copy" instead of "hardlink"
> 	2)  $ rm html/no/images  # this was still a symlink
> 	    $ mkdir -v html/no/images
> 	2a)  $ tools/make_image_links.pl -v --mode=symlink images/C \
> 	     html/no/images
> 	     (check the image files with and without browser)
> 	2b) $ rm -rf html/no/images/*
> 	     $ tools/...  like above, with "hardlink" instead of "symlink"
> 	2c) same as above, with "copy" instead of "hardlink"
> (Note that I skipped the images/common files.)
>
> Maybe also try 1b) and 1c) with a .lnk file html/no/images.lnk?
>
>   
>> At first I have to figure out the difference between the
>> hard links and sym links 
>>     
>
> You can consider a hard link more or less as the name of a file or 
> directory. 
> Making another hard link with 'ln old new' just means creating 
> another name for the same file. Both links are equal in any respect
> except the path/name.
>
>   
>> and how to handle them in Windows.
>>     
>
> Try the above tests and see what happens.
>
>   
>> The summer is not the best time for working on the computer. Long
>> days, short nights. Time for outdoor living and to be a social
>> creature.
>>     
>
> Right! :-)
>
>   
>> Some not even logical abridgments. 
>>     
>
> Then you should check "The UNIX-HATERS Handbook"! ;-)
>
> Bye,
> Ulf
>   
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