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diff --git a/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn b/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 627143924..000000000 --- a/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -Instead of changing the `PATH`, it should be possible to symlink the binaries to the `~/.local/bin` directory. - -Here is a script I put on the prebuilt package (its basename is unimportant but it must be placed along with the git-annex script): - - #!/bin/sh - link="$(readlink "$0")" - base="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; cd "$(dirname "$link")"; echo "$PWD")" - name="$(basename "$0")" - exec "$base/$name" "$@" - -Symlink this script to `~/.local/bin/git-annex`, `~/.local/bin/git-annex-shell` and `~/.local/bin/git-annex-webapp`. on my system I have: - - lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mildred mildred 36 Dec 13 12:12 git-annex -> ../opt/git-annex.linux/run-git-annex - lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mildred mildred 36 Dec 13 12:12 git-annex-shell -> ../opt/git-annex.linux/run-git-annex - lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mildred mildred 36 Dec 13 12:12 git-annex-webapp -> ../opt/git-annex.linux/run-git-annex - -The script will detect the installation directory using `readlink`. Both absolute and relative links works. Then it starts the correct script depending on the basename of the link. - -It should be possible to link the `git-annex`, `git-annex-webapp` and `git-annex-shell` scripts instead if they used `readlink` to find out the location of the prebuilt package. - -> I've made the scripts look at readlink, so [[done]]. -> --[[Joey]] |