On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, eric pareja wrote: > 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, What I do is [] rename file management. I get the inspiration from downloading 80's songs from Napster and Kazaa. :) originalfile[<download site>_<date>_<version or description>].tar.gz Advantage: 1. Works with *nix or windows. 2. you keep the original filename. 3. shows you the download site, date (I usually ommit it.) and version of the software. Disadvantage: Don't know yet... Example: MT2.6-current-2003-03-02-12-08[www.acme.org_102002_ver2.6_firewall_software].tar.gz regards, --- Andre M. Varon, SCSA http://andre.lasaltech.com _ 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]
