[Q] Link between folders possible ?How to make auto-script ?

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Hello,
As I have a problem with not enough internal memory for gameloft titles, I`ve inserted my 8GB Sd card into my I9000, just to find out it is attached as "external_sd" folder.
I was thinking about using my external card as "gameloft" folder.
So my question is: how to make a link between "gameloft" folder on internal sd memory so that it links directly to inside of the"external_sd\gameloft" folder ? I know it can be done- I did smthg like this when playing with app2sd (moving dalvik cache, app and other folders to ext partition on my SD card on my previous phone).
I also need some proposal on how to automate the process of making this link - for example: how to create some script and put it in auto-startup, so every time I reboot my phone, the link persists.
I think this way many people would be able to increase their space with external SD cards

If you know how to make script put it in /system/etc/init.d folder and it will execute at every startup.Give full permission on script.

http://www.google.com/search?q=gamel...me+external+sd
Coding rule #1: Don't reinvent the wheel if you don't have to.

Originally Posted by Rubysz

http://www.google.com/search?q=gamel...me+external+sd
Coding rule #1: Don't reinvent the wheel if you don't have to.

Coding rule #2: Square is a square, but inventing a wheel is something that runs the civilization forward

Really, you thought that I didnt check all the possibilities ? Using somebody simple program, wchich only changes settings inside of apk is not what I`m interested for, especially this works only for gameloft games, and I`d like to have the feature without digging in any apk file.
I was thinking about this - I also came up to conclusion, that dynamic links work only under linux partitions (for ex: ext2,ext3,ext4) and not on fat32 system, which we have on our internal memory and sd cards.
My second thought was that I remember in the times of good-old dos it was possible to make a link between folders, but in this case we have a mix - linux os + fat32 partitions.....
I have to digg how to make a auto-link script cause I dont remember too much of linux scripting/command line.

edit: do You think that using this command is enough: ln -s /sdcard/gameloft /sdcard/external_sd/gameloft
could it be so simple ? should it work with fat32 ?

Originally Posted by bipbop

should it work with fat32 ?

No. FAT32 doesn't support
symlinking.

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Originally Posted by xxbeanxx

No. FAT32 doesn't support
symlinking.

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ok, but what about mount command (mnt) ??
As I understand, Android = linux.
If so, we have internal memory mounted as "sdcard" folder and our external micro sd mounted as "sdcard\external_sd" , right ?
So, question is, can we make a script to unmount "sdcrad\external_sd" and mount as "sdcard\anything" ??I think this would be great , as we could mount the sdcard as any folder - for example as "Android" or "Gameloft", thus increasing available space very much .
Anybody can make this kind of simple auto-start script ?

Originally Posted by bipbop

So, question is, can we make a script to unmount "sdcrad\external_sd" and mount as "sdcard\anything" ??

Have a look at /system/etc/vold.fstab

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Originally Posted by xxbeanxx

Have a look at /system/etc/vold.fstab

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ok, going deeper
Is it possible to link mount point to another folder ?