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Answer» Ok, here's the idea. On GNOME, you can move files to the desktop. it acts as a folder that you view all of the time, at ~/Desktop/. This is QUITE useful for transferring files and suchlike from a usbdisk very fast, and anything downloaded by firefox goes there ANYWAY. But the icons on the desktop annoy me . SO. Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically? THis would keep the desktop clear, and would make me happy. Oh and in Ubuntu, is there a way to switch off the disk DRIVE icons that appear on the desktop whenever you insert media?Quote from: hyperhedron on September 10, 2007, 01:07:24 AM Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically? yes. learn some shell scripting and you are done.Quote from: ghostdog74 on September 10, 2007, 02:20:30 AM Quote from: hyperhedron on September 10, 2007, 01:07:24 AM Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically? yes. learn some shell scripting and you are done. Agreed. A bash or shell script is what you need. CHECK this link: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/abs-guide.html

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Ok, here's the idea. On GNOME, you can move files to the desktop. it acts as a folder that you view all of the time, at ~/Desktop/. This is QUITE useful for transferring files and suchlike from a usbdisk very fast, and anything downloaded by firefox goes there ANYWAY.

But the icons on the desktop annoy me . SO.

Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically? THis would keep the desktop clear, and would make me happy.

Oh and in Ubuntu, is there a way to switch off the disk DRIVE icons that appear on the desktop whenever you insert media?Quote from: hyperhedron on September 10, 2007, 01:07:24 AM

Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically?

yes. learn some shell scripting and you are done.Quote from: ghostdog74 on September 10, 2007, 02:20:30 AM

Quote from: hyperhedron on September 10, 2007, 01:07:24 AM
Is there a way to move any file put on the desktop to another folder, like ~/deskdump/ automatically?
yes. learn some shell scripting and you are done.

Agreed. A bash or shell script is what you need. CHECK this link: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/abs-guide.html

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