Redirecting to a new Folder

HintGuy2006 · 12-07-2012, 07:46 PM

I want to redirect my New Yorker.app from the installed "Issues" folder to a new "Issues" folder in which I have placed several DVD's worth of issues for faster retrieval. Switching the DVD's out is insane, and not worth the money I paid for this collection.

Original location:

SL HD/Library/Application Support/The New Yorker/Issues

The new location:

SL HD/Users/Me/Documents/Issues

What would the terminal commands be to redirect. Do I need to delete the original "Issues" folder through terminal during the commands?

Through SQLite I have renumbered disk locations to my HD. Or at least I think I have

Any help would be appreciated.

HintGuy2006 · 12-07-2012, 08:00 PM

Forgot my info:
27" iMac, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 12gig RAM, OSX10.6.8, 1 TBHD

DeltaMac · 12-07-2012, 08:12 PM

Is there any reason you can't just move the issue archive files to the actual "Issues" folder? Then, the archives would be in the default location to search, and a re-direct would be unnecessary.

HintGuy2006 · 12-07-2012, 09:39 PM

DeltaMac: Thank you very much for the kick in the head. Of course it worked. There is no need to do any Redirecting of anything in Terminal. Fantastic. FFFFFFantastic. I did have to open the db file in SQLite Database Browser and change IDs all disks to #9 (my HD), but that was no problem after saving the altered db file and replacing the original db file (which I had saved). Then drop all the DVD files in the original Issues folder. FFFFFFFantastic, thanks for the help. Viewing all the back issues of The New Yorker is incredibly fast now. FFFFFFFFFantastic.

12-07-2012, 07:46 PM	#1
HintGuy2006 Prospect Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Music City Posts: 12	Redirecting to a new Folder I want to redirect my New Yorker.app from the installed "Issues" folder to a new "Issues" folder in which I have placed several DVD's worth of issues for faster retrieval. Switching the DVD's out is insane, and not worth the money I paid for this collection. Original location: SL HD/Library/Application Support/The New Yorker/Issues The new location: SL HD/Users/Me/Documents/Issues What would the terminal commands be to redirect. Do I need to delete the original "Issues" folder through terminal during the commands? Through SQLite I have renumbered disk locations to my HD. Or at least I think I have Any help would be appreciated.

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12-07-2012, 08:00 PM	#2
HintGuy2006 Prospect Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Music City Posts: 12	Forgot my info: 27" iMac, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 12gig RAM, OSX10.6.8, 1 TBHD

12-07-2012, 08:12 PM	#3
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,954	Is there any reason you can't just move the issue archive files to the actual "Issues" folder? Then, the archives would be in the default location to search, and a re-direct would be unnecessary.

12-07-2012, 09:39 PM	#4
HintGuy2006 Prospect Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Music City Posts: 12	DeltaMac: Thank you very much for the kick in the head. Of course it worked. There is no need to do any Redirecting of anything in Terminal. Fantastic. FFFFFFantastic. I did have to open the db file in SQLite Database Browser and change IDs all disks to #9 (my HD), but that was no problem after saving the altered db file and replacing the original db file (which I had saved). Then drop all the DVD files in the original Issues folder. FFFFFFFantastic, thanks for the help. Viewing all the back issues of The New Yorker is incredibly fast now. FFFFFFFFFantastic.