G'Day, sport..!
Well, I hope you were able to follow my little tutorial there; I always attempt to write stuff like that as though I were an absolute beginner.....and need literal, step-by-step instructions to follow. There's a good bit of proof-reading and re-editing goes into it as a rule.
Re your query about including the ability to ask where the database file should be located... Hm. What we've been doing here is basically taking Rob Dawson's app, and, initially, re-packaging the original .deb files to work with Puppy's unique file-system. Geoffrey has then subsequently been further refining it to include start-up routines and various other things.....including the multi-use scenario for the BitMeter .db file; which, as you now know, finally works. All started off by your suggestion, 'cos although the idea had been floating around the back of my skull for the better part of the last year, I really didn't have a clue how to go about implementing it.
I know the GPL permits alteration of source coding, so long as that altered coding is then re-released for public use again; this, after all, is what keeps the whole idea of the GPL alive.....everybody gets to benefit from everybody else's modifications (!) I have NO idea if Geoffrey's up to that scenario, or whether there's a way that could be added in. I suspect not, because this is not something that everybody will want to do; I think this is simply one of those things that boils down to individual decision. No two people are going to have exactly the same set-up...
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That's quite some set-up you have there, mate! Of course, you're quite right; no Pup needs much more than a couple of GBs to 'live in'.....even including the save-file/folder.
Like many people, I got used to the MS GUI-based way of doing things. I switched to Linux last year with the 'xpiry' of XP; no way was I paying MS any more of my hard-earned. Starting with the 'buntus ('easy' by Linux standards, but still needing loads of command-line work), I then tried lots of others, before discovering the 'Pups' in October. Magic! Here, at long last, was a system that incorporated ease-of-use along with GNU/Linux's much more powerful and versatile infrastructure. It was exactly what I'd been looking for.
I didn't know you could 'symlink' SFS's from a common partition; never gave it much thought, to be honest. I'm pretty sure you couldn't do that with PET's, since they're directly installed into the system. I have a few SFS's that are in use by all three of my Pups; I might experiment with that. Thanks for the tip.....and a wee bit more knowledge gained!
Mike.
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