It was the same story in Slacko & ChromePup. I then went back to Tahrpup, to see what the result was. In Slacko, I then repeated things only this time, I deleted /var/lib/bitmeter/bitmeter.db from Slacko's install, and symlinked Tahrpup's bitmeter.db (from the new partition) back to it.ĭid the same thing again in OBPrecise 14.07.26 'ChromeBook' Pup. I then dragged it back again, and this time 'Link(Absolute)' to create the link. In Tahrpup, I then dragged /var/lib/bitmeter/bitmeter.db across to it, and 'Moved'. I initially set up a small data partition. Now, then seems we have an answer as to whether symlinking to a common database will work. It's intended for use between two physical machines, running simultaneously.you could have 20 Pups on one machine, but you can only physically run one of them at a time.

I've been wondering if there was another way to 'sync' data in that manner I've never been able to use 'bmsync' between OS's on the same machine, because it isn't designed to work like that. I don't think it would work across a network for multiple machines, though.I have no idea if symlinks can be set across a network (I'm more than willing to learn, though!) That's where Rob Dawson's 'bmsync' utility normally comes in you can read more about that here:-Īs I understand it, though, 'bmsync' has to be run manually (say like once or twice a day, simply to total data readouts across a network) I don't think it can be set to 'autorun'. Actually, I can't think of any reason why that shouldn't work as long as they were all running the same version of BitMeter (0.7.6 or 0.8.0 I don't know if it would make a difference if you had, say, a mixture of 32- & 64-bit 'Pups'.) I only discovered the use of 'sym-links' myself less than a month ago! If you mean would it work for multiple 'Pups' on the same hard drive, well. As I've stated in the thread, I'm pretty new to all this, compared to some other folk on the forums.only been here for about 10 months, I think.? db file in /var/lib, then can I set this file as a sym-link for each Pup's Bitmeter to the same 'real' bitmeter.db file on my computer's data partition? Whichever Pup I am using will then use this one-and-only common bitmeter.db file, so for this computer, I will have a single record of its internet usage. Davids45 wrote.If Bitmeter keeps its data as a.

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