![]() What is SymbolicLinker for Mac SymbolicLinker is a tiny service that, once installed, allows any user to create symbolic links to files inside the Finder. #Mac symbolic linker for mac#īy default, this command only makes hard links. It does this by adding a contextual-menu item to the Finder that generates symbolic links to the selected files. To create a symbolic or soft link, we use the -s command. #Mac symbolic linker code#įor example, the below code will make a soft link to /var/name.txt from /etc/name.txt: ln -s /var/name.txt /etc/name.txt Symbolic links to directories also work in exactly the same way: ln -sf /var /etc/fakevar Instead, if you still want to make the file, use the -f option to overwrite name.txt: ln -sf /var/name.txt /etc/name.txt If the file /etc/name.txt/ already exists, this function will throw an error. If you find yourself needing to remove an already created symbolic link, just use the unlink command. To remove this symbolic link, we could write: unlink /etc/name.txt For example, in our above code, we linked to /var/name.txt from /etc/name.txt. So, you can also just simply remove the file using the rm command: rm /etc/name.txt This command will actually remove the symbolic link entirely - so it won’t appear in your directory system anymore. Symbolic links are useful shortcuts to other files or directories. They differ from hard links in that hard links refer directly to the same file, and share the same permissions and owners. When you now click on the ‘Documents’ category in Lightbox’ top row, ZBrush links to and can see your assets perfectly.Symbolic links on the other hand may differ from the file or folder they link to. Next you’ll need to delete the original ZDocs folder that resides inside ~/Applications/ZBrushOSX\ 4R5/ (as of ZBrush 4R5) and move your new symbolic link ‘ZDocs’ folder in it’s place. Once you’ve done that, create a symbolic link of the root/master folder of your Asset library and rename the symbolic link to “ZDocs”. It’s best to have all your assets (Textures, ZTools, Alphas, etc) already neatly organized in a proper, consistent folder hierarchy. But you could of course use any of the others, provided that you have no problem with replacing the default ZBrush assets that reside in those folders. The trick (and catch) to this is you have to replace the directory of one of the default areas that Lightbox has with your symbolic link. ![]() So RMB-click on the folder you want to create a symbolic link out of and from the Contextual menu that pops up, select ‘Make Symbolic Link’ As a service, it will be accessible from the RMB-click menu in the Finder. Simply double click this file to install it. ![]() It comes in a ‘.dmg’ file that contains a ‘rvice’ file. You can use a pre-made OSX Service for this called ‘SymbolicLinker’, which can be downloaded from here: Instead, you need to make an actual Unix ‘Symbolic Link’ Here it is:Ĭonfiguring ZBrush’s Lightbox to use your own Asset libraryĭon’t use OSX’s ‘.alias’ feature. I managed to get it to work in the end, but it was a bit of a struggle to get there, so I decided to write the procedure (for OSX) down for future use. I looked into something like this a while ago, when I wanted to link my personal ZBrush assets folders to Lightbox.
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