Anton -- ...and then Anton Aylward said... % % On 11/01/18 06:30 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: % >> % >> The best I can think of is to have a dummy directory that has symlinks to the % >> files generated by FIND. It seems a bit of a kludge. I'm certainly not happy % >> about the 'tree'. % % > Rather hardlinks, or the software would have to "follow" the links. % % Since the dummy directory is on new (temporary, 'throw-away') partition and the % sources are from a variety of partitions, no, it has to be symlinks. Wait ... Why would the scratch area have to be on a separate partition? Hard links take [almost] no space, so unless the volume is crazy full there should be room to create a working dir and throw in a zillion links. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org