Portable database

[Sven Jacobs]

Andreas Schäfer schrieb:

> I got a similar problem with other programs: I use kopete, korganizer,
> mutt etc. on several machines and sync their data using a central
> subversion repository. None of those programs offers native support to
> place their configuration files on arbitrary locations (e.g. in my
> local SVN checkout).
> 
> My solution is to simply place a symlink from their config directories
> to my SVN checkout. This might work for your scenario, too. E.g.:
> 
> ln -s /mnt/music_collection/amarok_config/amarokrc ~/.kde/config/
> ln -s /mnt/music_collection/amarok_config/amarokcollectionscannerrc ~/.kde/config/
> ln -s /mnt/music_collection/amarok_config/amarok ~/.kde/apps/
> 
> (assuming that your collection is mounted on /mnt/music_collection/
> and you've moved your config to /mnt/music_collection/amarok_config/)

Hm, that's a workaround but not a solution! ;) You have to update your 
configs from the Subversion repository every time you start Amarok and 
commit changes afterwards. Also you need a central server for the 
Subversion repository which ideally is always on.