On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, eric pareja wrote: .. > But one would still have to write the tools to > extract/display/manipulate these tags. Why not make the tools work with > any filesystem; use the extra tag feature of those filesystems that > provide for it and an alternative .description type file for those that > don't. The interesting advantage of using a .description file is that > you can use your everyday text editor of choice to do description > updating.
I don't see the reason for this. 4DOS did that to circumvent the 8.3 limit. But UNIX systems do not have that limit. I personally just use very long filenames -- that's what filename completion is for. --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
