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Bug 724492 - gnome-music can't fine symlinked mp3 files in my Music folder
gnome-music can't fine symlinked mp3 files in my Music folder
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 722451
Product: gnome-music
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.11.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-music-maint
gnome-music-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-02-16 18:50 UTC by Asif Ali Rizvan
Modified: 2014-02-17 09:31 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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I symlinked (ln -sf *.mp3 to ~/Music/) directory, but gnome-music is not able to see symlinks are music (86.18 KB, image/png)
2014-02-16 18:50 UTC, Asif Ali Rizvan 		Details

Description Asif Ali Rizvan 2014-02-16 18:50:15 UTC 
Created attachment 269321 [details]
I symlinked (ln -sf *.mp3 to ~/Music/) directory, but gnome-music is not able to see symlinks are music

gnome music is not following symlinks;
Comment 1 Asif Ali Rizvan 2014-02-16 18:55:35 UTC 
Good news is that it can follow a directory's files; but it won't see the linked files.

i.e.,

ln -sf mp3-directory ~/Music; #where mp3-directory has mp3 files, works with gnome-music; but with linked files, it doesn't work.
Comment 2 Vadim Rutkovsky 2014-02-17 09:31:51 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 722451 ***