<div dir="ltr"><div>I am oten faces with the same dilemna: "which directory will I save this PDF or file to, so I'll remember where it is?" I am pursuing several projects, each of them extremely broad in nature, such that I end up with a multitude of directories. Not a few files (many files) do not easily fit into only one category. My recall is less than infinite, so I have no choice but to organize my files in a way to keep them in front of me. Reminding me to do something. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I know about hard links and symbolic (soft) links, and even bind mounting. Bind mounting does not work for me, because I may have the same home directory available to different machines, perhaps as copies of the same directory trees, or else dropbox. Same for hardlinks, then. Even softlinks. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I tried a mac. It was a mixed bag for me. Ethically/morally, and in terms of personal acceptability, it didn't work. The walled garden was a major reason for rejection of that approach. But I think (it's been a while, so my memory is fuzzy) there were ways to do this on that OS. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Beyond using one of the indexing programs, I would welcome any ideas about how I can have one file available / seen in several directories, without copying them outright. ???</div><div><br></div><div>I'm using i3 Manjaro, after many years of distrohopping and jumping from Window Manager/Desktop Manager to another. If KDE has something that does this, I'd probably reject it, but maybe not.</div><div><br></div><div>I actually did use bind mounts for a brief time, until they were broken when I had to reinstall (even to the same home directory). <br></div><div><br></div><div>This is a problem I encounter frequently. I know hardlinks to directories would not help, or even softlinks in the long run, but I'd like to know what's worked for others. Surely I am not alone out here under the Sun.?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Alan Davis</div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>[Fill in the blanks]</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">The use of corrupt manipulations and blatant rhetorical ploys ...---
outright lying, flagwaving, personal attacks, setting up phony
alternatives, misdirection, jargon-mongering, evading key issues,
feigning disinterested objectivity, willful misunderstanding of other
points of view---suggests that ... lacks both credibility and evidence.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div> ---- Edward Tufte (in context of making presentations)<br></div> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>