The workaround is to open a terminal and type:
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Thanks for the info. Is there a way to make it only show the realpath. Here is an example:MochiMoppel wrote:Well....MMview comes to mind
In below example ROX-Filer would show tooltip "Symbolic link to abiword_16.xpm", which is not the abiword_16.xpm next to this file.
Nevertheless ROX-Filer shows what it calls the "Real directory" in the Properties dialog - which can be misleading. Unfortunately ROX-Filer shows only the first link target, suggesting that this the realpath. However if the link target is another link (not too uncommon) you won't see the "real" path at the end of such a chain.
In MMview you will see the "end of the line". The path right of the arrow is always a real path, never another symlink .... at least that's how it is supposed to work.
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/root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==/parent/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==
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/root/Downloads/pt/s243a/2_-_root_node_(my_real_tree_Pearl_Trees_Version_1.0)/Places/Asia/Middle_East/Iraq/Foreign_Politics_(Iraq)/The_Iraq_War_II/Pree_Iraq_War_II/Motivations_for_the_Iraq_War
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/root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==/parent/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== ➡ /root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== │ x-directory
Sounds like a good idea. Technically very easy, but before that we have to confirm that it indeed shows the realpath. You claim that it doesn't.s243a wrote:Is there a way to make it only show the realpath
Then you are not in this directory as you explained. You must have merely selected this directory.s243a wrote:but this is what I see in the bottom text box:which doesn't seem to show the real path at allCode: Select all
/root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==/parent/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== ➡ /root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== │ x-directory
Normally you would be right but not for my application. In my application the real path shows how the information is organized in a class hierarchy.musher0 wrote:FWIW:
I don't see the benefit of ALWAYS showing the real path of a symlink.
It's a symlink for a reason.
BFN.
Cool. I'll try compiling the latest version of XFE for 32bit dpup stretch. I'll also watch the MMview thread, since MochiMoppel may add the functionality I want in the future and if not maybe some day I'll take a crack at it.mikeslr wrote:Hi s243a
See Attached Screenshot. The file-manager is Xfe under 32-bit Tahrpup. A 64-bit version is available: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xfe/. If --Big IF-- I understand what you're looking for, this seems to provide it. However, while the location of the actual file is displayed, the display is not amenable to 'cut & paste'. However, to be displayed it must be 'written' somewhere, or 2 or more files must have been read and combined. Figuring out how the display was produced and how to use that information is 'beyond my paygrade.'
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realpath .
I made a zip file of the directory 6MB. It was created from a bookmark file with less than 72000 items. I say less than 72000 because I don't think that private folders were exported. You can download the output at:MochiMoppel wrote:Sounds like a good idea. Technically very easy, but before that we have to confirm that it indeed shows the realpath. You claim that it doesn't.s243a wrote:Is there a way to make it only show the realpath
Then you are not in this directory as you explained. You must have merely selected this directory.s243a wrote:but this is what I see in the bottom text box:which doesn't seem to show the real path at allCode: Select all
/root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg==/parent/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== ➡ /root/Downloads/pt/Haliburtan_Profits_-id1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg== │ x-directory
You wrote that you "follow a symlink called parent". What is the full path of this symlink and what is shown in the statusbar when you select this symlink?
And for the benefit of my strained eyes: Can you find a simpler example?
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Thankyou for letting me know about this tool. I like commandline toolsmusher0 wrote:Hi s243a.
Good old Midnight Commander does it. Please see attached capture.
BFN.
I do.musher0 wrote:I don't see the benefit of ALWAYS showing the real path of a symlink.
I'm afraid that MochiMoppel still has no clue what functionality you are asking fors243a wrote:I'll also watch the MMview thread, since MochiMoppel may add the functionality
I just tried Xfe (the one from the package manager). It appears to at the bottom display the output of reading the symbolic link. This isn't exactly the same as the real path.mikeslr wrote:Hi again s243a,
Re-read the posts. To me it appears that MMView comes closer to your goals. Both it and Xfe appear to be displaying both ends of a symbolic link, but not the actual path between them.
No, it will not show the real path. It shows the symlink target, which may or may not be the real path.bigpup wrote:Rox will show the real path if you hover the mouse pointer over a symbolic link.
Thanks for the tip, this is the most seamless approach so far and works very well. It works so well that there probably isn't much additional benefit of making it more seamless than this (unless I needed to do this operation a lot). This brings the list to three (3) file managers that can do (or sort of do) what I want. This list is:williams2 wrote:You can right click in a rox window and select
Window -- Follow Symbolic Links