Automount Disks and Symbolic Links

Guide is using Manjaro Linux 20.1. Usage of Symbolic Links should be the same on any unix system.

Automount Disks

Open Disks.
Select disk in left pane.
Select Additional partition options (cogs icon).
Select Edit Mount Options.
Toggle OFF User Session Defaults.
Check ON Mount at system startup and Show in user interface.
Change Mount Point to something meaningful, such as /mnt/ssd2.

Create Symbolic Link

A symbolic link is an pointer to the original file or folder. Pointer may span file systems. Symbolic links may be removed, and the target remains. If target is moved, the symbolic link is broken.

This is especially helpful for moving some directories normally found in a users home directory to another disk to preserve space.

$ ln -s TARGET LINKNAME
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$ ln -s /mnt/ssd2/Projects Projects
$ ls -la
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lrwxrwxrwx  1 keiljr keiljr    18 Sep 26 23:48  Projects -> /mnt/ssd2/Projects

Remove Symbolic Link

Safely removes symbolic link. Using the rm command will work, but you could accidentally delete the target contents if you use the wrong optional parameters.

$ unlink FILE

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