Just curious - why are you symlinking manually instead of using steam library folders? If you go to Settings -> Downloads -> Steam Library folders and add C, you'll be prompted as to where you want to install the game when you select to install.
@starlightknight Well, that's certainly a nice feature!
I've been using steam-for-linux since it was released, and I guess either I didn't notice that feature, or the client didn't have that feature. I will be using it now, but as an aside it doesn't make this ticket any less valid (even if it is minor).
The original reason I did it was a question of speed: I wanted steam to be on my primary partition because it was an SSD, but knowing that the games can be around 12GB, I didn't want them to be on the primary partition. It was a tradeoff for the most part - fast steam - ok games.
Nothing extracted yet.
Your system information
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam uses the remaining space on the partition where
~/.steamexists instead of the target where steam would install the game (e.g.~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/gamename)Steps for reproducing this issue:
~/.steam/steam/steamappsto/mount/otherpartition/Steam/(ensure this dir exists)