How to change Pidgin's chat log directory?

[Ibrahim Awwal]

Ben Bridts wrote:
> Richard Laager wrote:
>    
>> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 04:01 +0800, Michael Lee wrote:
>>      
>>> It does not seem that I can change the directory where Pidgin
>>> chat logs are stored. There has to be a trick to do that. Someone
>>> cares to give a hint?
>>>        
>> If you're on Unix, make a symlink. (But read on...)
>>
>> If you're on Windows, set PURPLEHOME to be the place where you want
>> your .purple directory created. (This is in the FAQ.) There is no way to
>> move only your logs directory to any arbitrary location on Windows.
>>
>>      
> Unless if your using Vista on a NTFS-partition. Then you're also able to make symlinks.
>
>    
Actually, NTFS has had support for junctions, which for this purpose are 
equivalent to symlinks, since Windows 2000. See wikipedia for more 
information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point