From c5296dee1fa0dd5252b496b7974808538edd4564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmL8pteP2jbYJUn1M3CbeLDvz2SWAA1wtg" Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:29:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...unlock__34___files_without_copying_the_file_data__63__.mdwn | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/forum/Wishlist:_Is_it_possible_to___34__unlock__34___files_without_copying_the_file_data__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Wishlist:_Is_it_possible_to___34__unlock__34___files_without_copying_the_file_data__63__.mdwn index 21c80819a4..1a7930fec4 100644 --- a/doc/forum/Wishlist:_Is_it_possible_to___34__unlock__34___files_without_copying_the_file_data__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/Wishlist:_Is_it_possible_to___34__unlock__34___files_without_copying_the_file_data__63__.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ I have a DLink Boxee media player and it can not play content from symbolic links, it needs to access regular media files. Unfortunately unlocking/locking is quite slow for such a large amount of data due to the required data copying, but it should not even be needed since I do not need write access to any file to watch the movie or to play the song. Is it currently possible or would it be possible to add a commands like "unlock" which would not copy the file data but simply move files out from the data store into the tree while still keeping the files read only? A corresponding "lock" command would also be needed to restore the normal symbolic link tree structure. + +Update: +I tried the rsync special remote http://git-annex.branchable.com/special_remotes/rsync/ and it works but the file structure created reflects the data store not the view given by the symbolic links.