Re:I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old
by graycat on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:28AM
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> I've read that a handful of times
(whenever trying to figure out where to
put some new random thing), and still have
never come to a clear conclusion.
So, given some data, say a file and/or
directory, maybe from saving a Web page,
that is relevant to subjects A, K, T, and
Z, where in the file system directory
trees to put that data?
My solution: Put the data in a directory
for one of the subjects A, K, T, or Z
without thinking very hard about which of
these. Then go to a file I call FACTS.DAT
(right, an old idea with an old 8.3 file
name!). I maintain that file with a few,
simple editor macros. So, sure, the file
is a catch-all for entries of random short
facts. And each entry starts with a
time-date stamp and a list of key words.
So, in the case of subjects A, K, T, or Z,
include the key words appropriate for each
of those. Then in the body of the
entry, put the tree name of the
file/directory where did store the data.
In a few seconds with my favorite text
editor I can append an entry or search for
an entry.
So far this year I have put 686 entries in
the file FACTS.DAT for about 2.1 entries
per day. For anything like current
personal computers, handling such a file
is trivial.
So, given some data, say a file and/or directory, maybe from saving a Web page, that is relevant to subjects A, K, T, and Z, where in the file system directory trees to put that data?
My solution: Put the data in a directory for one of the subjects A, K, T, or Z without thinking very hard about which of these. Then go to a file I call FACTS.DAT (right, an old idea with an old 8.3 file name!). I maintain that file with a few, simple editor macros. So, sure, the file is a catch-all for entries of random short facts. And each entry starts with a time-date stamp and a list of key words. So, in the case of subjects A, K, T, or Z, include the key words appropriate for each of those. Then in the body of the entry, put the tree name of the file/directory where did store the data.
In a few seconds with my favorite text editor I can append an entry or search for an entry.
So far this year I have put 686 entries in the file FACTS.DAT for about 2.1 entries per day. For anything like current personal computers, handling such a file is trivial.
The idea works great!