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So I Currently have my /home on an SSD but I also have an HDD mounted to /mnt/hdd1

Now, I want to keep the big files like movies on my HDD. How do I move the Movies folder into my HDD while keeping the nice link in nautilus "Places" menu?

I tried to just move the movies folder on HDD and then making a Link of it but that seemed to just make a copy of the Videos folder that I have on SSD.

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inimene
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  • How is the "nice" link the PLaces menu set up now? IIRC Nautilus adds a places entry for the Videos folder in the home directory, and you can add bookmarks. Which option are you using? – muru Sep 04 '14 at 18:08
  • In the picture you see Videos under Places with an icon before it. Like that I ment. – inimene Sep 04 '14 at 18:14
  • You can change the location of the Videos folder: see http://askubuntu.com/a/483866/158442 – muru Sep 04 '14 at 18:16
  • Okay, I will try to use the method in the link and see how it goes. – inimene Sep 04 '14 at 18:47

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  1. Copy the contents of your Videos folder to a folder called Videos on your HDD, let's say /mnt/hdd1/Videos.
  2. Open a terminal and type mv ~/Videos ~/Videos.old.
  3. Type ln -s /mnt/hdd1/Videos/ ~/. This will create a link from that Videos folder in your HDD into your home directory (which is on the SSD).

  4. If you're on Ubuntu 14.04, I believe "Nautilus" will automatically fix the Videos icon and Places, but if it doesn't, do:

    sed -i~ '/^XDG_VIDEOS/s|.*|XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"|' ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

    That command should fix it.

Close all Nautilus windows and open again. Verify that the Videos icon still looks the same and you can click it under Places. Verify the symlink by doing ls -l ~.

Once done, you can safely remove the Videos.old folder in your Home directory.

Alaa Ali
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  • What do you think is the better method now? Yours or the one that was posted as a link under my question. – inimene Sep 04 '14 at 18:48
  • Hmm, I never before tried @muru's suggestion of changing the path in user-dirs.dirs. I just tried it right now though, but it doesn't give the desired outcome. When I click on Videos under Places, it takes me to my HDD folder, but the actual "Videos" directory under my home directory is just a normal, empty folder. I suggest my method is better because it makes both the link under Places as well as the actual directory in your Home folder take you to the same place. – Alaa Ali Sep 04 '14 at 18:56
  • Allright, I will give yours a try. – inimene Sep 04 '14 at 19:01
  • Okay, your solution works, and also the other solution works. It just needed a log out with the current user for me to start working. I will now think which one is better. – inimene Sep 04 '14 at 19:29