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On Thursday, March 24, 2011 05:46:13 pm Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 24.03.2011 22:21, schrieb Armelius Cameron: > > Hello, > > Is it possible for KDE to use different config directory other than > > ~/.kde ? > > > > Let's say I have different computers or test machines that not necessary > > runs the same KDE version (e.g different Fedora releases), or just want > > different KDE setup on those machines. I want all the machine to mount > > the same home directory from NFS server so that I have access to all my > > files, but I want the different machines to use different KDE config > > directory: e.g. ~/.kde_machine1, ~/.kde_machine2, etc. If this is > > possible, how do I do it ? > > why not using bind-mounts in /etc/fstab? > > * Leave the folder empty > * put your .kde for every setup in a dedicated folder > * /pys-folder /home/username/.kde none bind > > this way you are totally independent and no line > code in any software must be changed - use the > unix-capabilities you have :-) I have the following in my .bash_profile if [ -e /etc/fedora-release ]; then release=$(awk '{print $3}' /etc/fedora-release) FC=.kde_fc${release} elif [ -e /etc/redhat-release ]; then release=$(awk '{print $7}' /etc/redhat-release) FC=.kde_rhel${release} else FC=.kde fi export KDEDIR=$HOME/${FC} export KDEHOME=$HOME/${FC} This lets me have do pretty much what you are asking for. The value for FC doesn't seem to be very important, as long as its uniquely determined by whatever criteria you wish to use. -- Lester M Petrie Oak Ridge National Lab 865-574-5259 |
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