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jaygeedsl

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Posted: Feb. 16 2008,23:49

mikshaw

I thought I was making progress but your comments have sowed seeds of doubt in my mind.

I take the point that the contents of my home directory are included in the backup every time I boot and shutdown. So how else do I get the mp3 files from my music device to become resident on my DSl usb device and capable of being accessed when using xmms?

Juanito

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Posted: Feb. 17 2008,03:40

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So how else do I get the mp3 files from my music device to become resident on my DSl usb device and capable of being accessed when using xmms?

- it's as easy as creating a folder on your dsl device and copying the files to there:

Code Sample

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/sda1/music
$ sudo chown dsl /mnt/sda1/music
$ chgrp staff /mnt/sda1/music
$ cp /mnt/sdc1/music/* /mnt/sda1/music

assuming your dsl device is sda1 and your music files are on sdc1

jaygeedsl

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Posted: Feb. 17 2008,11:46

Juanito

The code sample makes it very clear what's needed. Many thanks.

I'm still coming to terms with a key phrase in Ms Garrels' book - "everything in Linux is a file except when it's a process".