9

In my Ubuntu, I have added some frequented directories to the bookmarks of Nautilus, for visiting them quicker.

  1. I am looking for where the dir bookmarks of Nautilus are stored, but to no avail:

    $ find ~ -name nautilus | less        
./.config/nautilus
./.gconf/apps/nautilus
./.gconf/apps/ubuntuone/nautilus
./.gnome2/accels/nautilus

$ find ~ -name bookmarks | less
./.streamtuner/cache/bookmarks
./.config/zathura/bookmarks
./.elinks/bookmarks

    I checked the above locations, and content of the files there, but didn't find anything for bookmarks.

  2. Is it possible to convert the dir bookmarks in Nautilus to links? It seems like dirs can't have hard links, but I prefer the links can still work after changing the dirs' name.

Thanks.

Tim
  • 25,177

1 Answers1

21

The bookmarks are stored in the file $HOME/.gtk-bookmarks (Ubuntu 12.04) or $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks (Ubuntu 14.04)

In Linux you can't create hard links but only soft links (symlinks) for directories.

Florian Diesch
  • 87,389
  • Thanks. (1) Is it possible to convert the nautilus dir bookmarks to softlinks? (2) What can I do if I really need some "links" to frequented dirs which can still work after changing the dirs' names? – Tim Jul 27 '14 at 03:01
  • I don't have that directory. My Ubuntu is 12.04, and I have $HOME/.config/gtk-2.0', which doesn't havebookmarksinside. Also see the output of my searching forbookmarks`. – Tim Jul 27 '14 at 05:13
  • Added info for 12.04 to the answer. What do you mean by " convert the nautilus dir bookmarks to softlinks"? – Florian Diesch Jul 27 '14 at 12:46
  • Thanks. (1) how do you find $HOME/.gtk-bookmarks? (2) I am wondering about how to write a (bash) script to convert the contents of $HOME/.gtk-bookmarks to links (softlinks or hardlinks) – Tim Jul 27 '14 at 12:53
  • 1
    The bookmarks file is now in $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0 – Dimitar Darazhanski Mar 14 '19 at 22:29