Hi,
I am not able to search Symbolic link directories with Kfind. Kfind is a file searching tool in KDE. It can be used stand alone or from within Konqueror under Tool > Find File. When queried for a file, the searching does not include symbolic link directory. I couldn't find a way to do so. There are many options to search for specific *types* of file (image, audio, device, link, etc.) , modification time, etc. but no option to tell kfind to look into symbolic link directories. Any ideas on what I am missing out ?
With gnu's "find" command, there is an option " -L " which scans symbolic link directories too. How does one do it with Kfind ? I couldn't find much with google.
Regards, Rajen.
Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
Hi,
I am not able to search Symbolic link directories with Kfind. Kfind is a file searching tool in KDE.
Hi Rajen,
I did Alt+F2 and typed 'kfind'. Kfind opened up. In its second tab called 'Contents' a drop down list lists various file types including symbolic links. I selected that and went back to the first tab called Name/Location and entered a wild card. It showed all sym links in my home directory.
On 6/26/07, Rony wrote:
I did Alt+F2 and typed 'kfind'. Kfind opened up. In its second tab
called 'Contents' a drop down list lists various file types including symbolic links. I selected that and went back to the first tab called Name/Location and entered a wild card. It showed all sym links in my home directory.
Hi Rony,
S ince you had entered a wild card did it show files inside the sym link directories..?? If yes, then things work at your end. If no, then what kfind did is *searched for* sym linked files/directories. I want to search for a file(s) *in* sym linked directories. I hope that clears what I meant.
Regards, Rajen.
Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
On 6/26/07, Rony wrote:
I did Alt+F2 and typed 'kfind'. Kfind opened up. In its second tab
called 'Contents' a drop down list lists various file types including symbolic links. I selected that and went back to the first tab called Name/Location and entered a wild card. It showed all sym links in my home directory.
Hi Rony,
S ince you had entered a wild card did it show files inside the sym link directories..?? If yes, then things work at your end. If no, then what kfind did is *searched for* sym linked files/directories. I want to search for a file(s) *in* sym linked directories. I hope that clears what I meant.
It shows files and folders that are sym links. On double clicking the directories, a Konquerar window opens up the folder contents just like opening a folder. In that I can read the text files. Is your OS old or latest?
On 27/06/07, Rony wrote:
It shows files and folders that are sym links. On double clicking the
directories, a Konquerar window opens up the folder contents just like opening a folder. In that I can read the text files. Is your OS old or latest?
Try to find some file which is inside the sym linked folder. For eg. if there is a file foobar.txt inside the symlinked folder, then try to search that file from kfind. See if kfind lists that file in its search result.
Rajen.
P.S.: I am using OpenSuse 10.2, KDE- 3.5.5. and all the stock packages which came with the distro.
On Wednesday 27 June 2007 13:18, Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
On 27/06/07, Rony wrote:
It shows files and folders that are sym links. On double clicking the
Try to find some file which is inside the sym linked folder. For eg. if there is a file foobar.txt inside the symlinked folder, then try to search that file from kfind. See if kfind lists that file in its search result.
common case: cdrom is a symbolic link /media/cdrom which is itself a symbolic link to /media/cdrom0. you can find and open a file in the cdrom with kfind by searching either /cdrom or /media/cdrom.
P.S.: I am using OpenSuse 10.2, KDE- 3.5.5. and all the stock packages which came with the distro.
I use debian sarge.
On 27/06/07, jtd wrote:
common case: cdrom is a symbolic link /media/cdrom which is itself a
symbolic link to /media/cdrom0. you can find and open a file in the cdrom with kfind by searching either /cdrom or /media/cdrom.
Okay here is the scenario I have.
Directory : /opt/kde/share/icons Sub directories inside the above directory (not symlinked) : Locolor, crystalsuse, crystalsvg, hicolor, ikons, kdeclassic.... and so on. Sub directories inside the above directory (symlinked) : Aqua_Project, BlueSphere, OS-K , noia, Cezanne, Scriptures, nuoveXT-kde-1.6, Crystal-Clear, SnowIsh-1.3, nuvoX-0.3, Exquisite, .... and so on.
Now when I try searching for some file, say xyz.png in all directories (including symlinked ones) with Kfind, then Kfind does not include the symlinked directories in its search.
Solution ??
Rajen.
Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
On 27/06/07, Rony wrote:
It shows files and folders that are sym links. On double clicking the
directories, a Konquerar window opens up the folder contents just like opening a folder. In that I can read the text files. Is your OS old or latest?
Try to find some file which is inside the sym linked folder. For eg. if there is a file foobar.txt inside the symlinked folder, then try to search that file from kfind. See if kfind lists that file in its search result.
No that is not possible. You have to manually open all sym linked dirs one by one and search files within them. As yet kfind's gui does not include the -L type feature in find.
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