creating a symbolic link from 'Movies' folder to another folder?

Do an ls -l on /Users/mugget

A link has an l in the permissions. Note that you cannot normally create a link that has the same name as an existing file of folder: you need to remove the existing file first.

 

This:

Code:

ln -s /Users/mugget/Movies /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies

will cause both links to open the /Users/mugget/Movies folder.

You need to:

1. rm the existing /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies link
2. create /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies as an actual folder with the same permissions as /Users/mugget/Movies
3. transfer all of your files from /Users/mugget/Movies to your new folder
4. Trash the /Users/mugget/Movies folder (and empty trash)
5. use the following command to make a new link:

Code:

ln -s /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies /Users/mugget/Movies

That should provide the functionality you want.

EDIT: On second thought, I guess it would be much easier to simply:

1. rm the existing /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies link
2. move /Users/mugget/Movies to /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies
3. use the following command to make a new link:

Code:

ln -s /Volumes/Doc_o/MyMovies /Users/mugget/Movies

 

Replace the MyMovies folder with the Movies folder.

Basically, you want to have your files in the MyMovies folder, and have /Users/mugget/Movies be a link to that folder, instead of being an actual folder.