questions about symlinks

SarahS93 · l33t Joined: 21 Nov 2013 Posts: 693

hdd1 is the boot and system drive.
on hdd2 are many movies and audio files.
i created symlinks on hdd1 they are linked to the audio/video files on a hdd2.
hdd2 is shutdown for power saving.
if i go into the folder with the symlinks, is hdd2 wake up and start?
or is hdd2 only wake up and start if i access on of the symlinks?

SarahS93 · l33t Joined: 21 Nov 2013 Posts: 693

hope i have find the right words for my question.
i can not test this, how does this works with the symlinks?!?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:38 pm Post subject:

SarahS93,

hdd2 will only wake up if its actually accessed. That is, when a symlink is followed.
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szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3135

You will wake up the second drive when you attempt to access data stored on this drive.
Reading a symlink stored on drive 1 doesn't count. Accessing data poointed to with that symlink (e.g. opening that file) does.