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*In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter. | *In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter. | ||
*You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files. | *You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files. | ||
My suggestion; we just create a "Dropbox" page here on the wiki, link to that from the FAQ, add the external link to the text above, and call it a day. Any other input? --[[Special:Contributions/75.48.127.248|75.48.127.248]] 02:29, 19 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 02:29, 19 June 2010
Setting up symlinks for Dropbox on non-Windows systems
Open the command-line interface for your OS. For linux, type in:
ln -s ~/.kolmafia /path/to/dropbox/folder/KoLmafia
For a Mac, type in:
ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia /path/to/dropbox/folder/KoLmafia
Setting up symlinks for Dropbox on a Mac
If you're using a Mac, and the section above made no sense, here are step-by-step instructions that will get you there.
- Open Terminal.app. This is in /Applications/Utilities, or you can just use Spotlight to find it.
- Open Finder, and navigate to the folder containing your Dropbox folder.
- In Terminal, type "cd ", then drag the Dropbox folder onto the Terminal window, then press Enter.
- Leave the quotes out for all of these commands and make sure to include the trailing space. Copy-pasting the commands is advised.
- In Terminal, type "ln -s /Library/Application\ Support/KoLmafia KoLmafia", then press enter.
- You now have a symbolic link, and Dropbox will back up your mafia settings files.
My suggestion; we just create a "Dropbox" page here on the wiki, link to that from the FAQ, add the external link to the text above, and call it a day. Any other input? --75.48.127.248 02:29, 19 June 2010 (UTC)