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Organise your files

192 bytes removed, 18:36, 16 October 2008
The goal: final draft finished
== The goal ==
After researching for the [[Portable Filenames]] article I've decided to aim for a system designed to work on any computer made after 1994.
* Directories: the cd Directory depth is limited to media plus 7 sub directories (limit of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660 ISO 9660]) 1media/2/3/4/5/6/87/file** Filenames: only the following:File and directory names are limited to
a-z Lowercase alphabetical characters (see below)
A-Z Uppercase alphabetical characters (see below)
- Hyphens/ dashes (must not start a files name)
_ Underscores
** Path length all names have a combination of lower and uppercase letters so they don't change case File path lengths need to be limited to 256 characters (limit of [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx Windows Path Size]) No solution foundRequires manual checking* How should the record properties and directory names be limited so we don't cross the maximum path length restriction? No solution found* Single letter directory names, how do we stop them changing case? No solution found* Indicating unsure or incomplete dates** approximate dates (circa in latin)
--1810ca--
or
--1810-09ca--
** before a certain date or
--1810before--
or
--1810-09-15before--
** unknown month, known day or
--1810-_-10--
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