Do aliases do the trick? http://owfs.org/index.php?page=aliases
Paul Alfille On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Paul Davis<[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know a more appropriate forum for this so I'm just going to > throw this idea out for discussion (or ridicule as the case may be :) > we can quickly take any discussion elsewhere if needed. > > I was working with my Simat 1-Wire hub the other day and found it to > be a little annoying trying to remember which devices were where. So I > got to thinking about the filesystem metaphor which in turn led to the > thought: Wouldn't it be convenient to be able to rename the DS2409 > addresses/branches to something more friendly? Or even the device > addresses themselves? So rather than using a pathanme like /tmp/1wire/ > 1F.xxxxxxxxx/main/26.xxxxxxxx/VAD you could use something like /tmp/ > 1wire/basement/sump-pump-battery/VAD. Kind of the same idea as using > domain names instead of IP addresses to navigate the web: names are > easier for humans to remember than numbers. > > I realize there would be some issues in retaining this info across > reboots, etc., perhaps there could be a config file to contain the > mapping. In any case I thought I'd toss the idea out there. Is this > just a nit or does this idea have any value? > > Paul > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
