On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, eric pareja wrote: > 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.
Well, what i usually do is rename the file to something more descriptive... _ 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]
