On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 08:15:59AM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, eric pareja wrote: > > > own version of dir that would display the filenames on the > > left followed by a longer description of the file on the right. The > > description of each file is stored in a file named "descript.ion" > > which is suppressed from a directory listing with the modified DIR. > > 1. Isn't this more or less the way it is already done in the present > implementation of msdos/vfat filesystems? If an existing msdos/windows > directory (not NTFS) is mounted as fstype msdos, then the filenames > are munged to 8.3. If the same msdos/windows directory is mounted as > fstype vfat, the the long filenames are used. So the long names are > already stored somewhere in vfat filesystem.
Uhm... I think I wasn't clear about what was needed. Long filenames are nice, but they sometimes aren't descriptive enough. Let's say I downloaded a file named MT2.6-current-2003-03-02-12-08.tar.gz which I forget about after I download. I have a tendency to do just that, download and forget. A few days or weeks later, I look at my downloads directory and I have no idea what the files are until I extract them and look at their contents. What I want is a means for adding notes about files as metadata within the directory. Long filenames are neat, but they don't do what I want. The long filename above is as incomprehensible as MT26.tgz. eric -- ___ _____________________________ eric pareja (xenos AT maharlika.upm.edu.ph) \e/ [ Philippine Linux Users' Group ] Linux User #8159 http://counter.li.org _v_ [ Python Power! ] [ Debian Rocks! ] [ Unwitty Saying Here! ] [] Software & \\\\/ Free the books! http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/pusakat ] Freedom .\\/_// http://www.livejournal.com/users/pusakat | www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos _ 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]
