Comment 8 for bug 385208

The folders and files to sync should not need to be in any special location.

One solution could be to allow symbolic links under ~/Ubuntu One or any subdirectory of it, and the target of the link would be used, not the link itself. (However symbolic links within the targets themselves would be used, not their targets.)

My rationale: nearly all my data files are in a large partition, not the / partition. This keeps the system cleaner and more robust. Access to the data files is usually via symbolic links from my $HOME directory, eg ~/Movies --> /mnt/dataPartition/$USER/Movies. This way, when I need to completely reinstall a fresh Ubuntu system (every couple of years, to clear all traces of old outdated setup), I create a new installation (in a new / partition, or overwrite the old / partition), then I just rebuild the symbolic links in the new $HOME to easily find my data files again. (eg [code]cd $HOME; for D in `cd /mnt/dataPartition/$USER && ls *` ; do ln -s /mnt/dataPartition/$USER/$D ; done[/code])

Moreover, and as a workaround, at least the "~/Ubuntu One" object should be able to be placed anywhere, and a symbolic link created in $HOME to point to it. So, as per above, I am currently trying [code]cd $HOME; rm "Ubuntu One"; ln -s "/mnt/dataPartition/$USER/Ubuntu One"[/code]