Actually, that seems like kind of a good point to me. I think I may dabble with your tool!
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Mara Kim <hacker.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Domingo, > > The biggest benefit is that it is just plain easier than managing a > directory of symbolic links on your own. I am extremely lazy. > > Here is an example use case. At the end of a work day, I like to bookmark > the folder I am working in on my cluster with > > to -b work > > The next day, I can come back in and use > > to work > > To get back on track. Note that this process is the same even if the > 'work' bookmark already exists, while doing things by hand would throw an > error without first removing the old link. Also you would need to remember > to use cd -P every time if you wanted to keep things unaliased. > > Sure you could do it all by hand--in fact, the script essentially does > those ln operations you mentioned, plus some additional safety checks--but > if you are going to be doing a certain series of operations repeatedly, why > not automate them? You are more likely to make a mistake typing things by > hand every time. > > Mara > On 2013-04-04 21:05, Domingo Ignacio Galdos wrote: > > Hn, I use a similar tool called ln > > > > In all seriousness what value does or could a tool like this add above > ln? > > > > ln -s ~/some/long/path ~/bookmark > > cd ~/bookmark > > cd ~/bookmark/nested/tab/completion > > rm ~/bookmark > > > > Sorry I don't mean that in a snarly way I am curious if you can come up > or > > have with any additional new ideas that go beyond this... > > I'm not the author, but I have plenty of places I want to bookmark, but > have no > interest in having a symlink to it cluttering my home folder. For example, > git > repositories that I frequently access. >
