Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Sep 1998 09:37:41 +0200 | From | Pietro Iglio <> | Subject | Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux |
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At 16.02 02/09/98 +0100, tethys@ml.com wrote:
>>.. we have incredibly powerful systems, but we still have to write: >> >>xxx-yyy-i386-linux-1.0.102-b2.tgz > >I don't understand why that's a problem for you. What would you >rather have? Just "linux.tgz"? How do you reference a given version >of the file?
At 23.22 02/09/98 +0200, dash@mail.linpro.no wrote: >Are you sure you would be able to stop doing this even with Meta File >Information in place? (Would you then have 120 files named linux >(with differing M.F.I) in one directory?)
OK, I have to clarify this point. What I'm saying here is that relevant information (such as architecture and version) should *not* be stored inside the file name: in the database world it is like storing a person name, sex, birth date, etc. into the same record. Keeping this info separately would have the following advantages:
- some programs could read this info; - directory listing could be easily sorted by version number (what's the latest version among 120 files?); - finding a given file much easier. Currently, when running find, I have to remember if the version was 1.0.102 or 1-0-102, and if the platform was i386-linux or intel-linux.
Of course, if I want to keep 120 version of the same file in the same directory, I must to use a naming convention. BUT that's just a naming convention: the real information should be stored elsewhere.
-- Pietro Iglio
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