-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John O'Hagan wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to be able to browse a set of files according to variable > criteria without being restricted to particular directories. > > A simple model to demonstrate: say I have three folders named "work", "rest" > and "play", each containing sub-folders called "pictures", "music", > and "text". > > What if I want to also view the same files as three folders > named "pictures", "music", and "text" each containing three sub-folders > named "work", "rest" and "play"? > > Or what if I want to browse my photos in folders according to date ranges, > then switch to a view where they are categorised in folders according to > whether they are portraits, landscapes, or buildings; or by location, or the > name of the subject, etc.? > > In either case it would be desirable to be able to apply the views over an > arbitrary number of directory levels, so that, for example a file does not > necessarily appear on the same level (or even the same number of times) in > every view. > > One way of conceptualising this could be as a number of co-existing virtual > directory trees, each corresponding to a particular view of the same (or > overlapping) sets of files. Perhaps using hard links? Or is there a simpler > way? > > Apart from the greater flexibility, this would eliminate the need for > duplicated subdirectories, i.e., each view would only be as complex as > necessary for a particular purpose, replacing one complex tree with several > simple ones. > > Is there anything like this available in Debian, or is there a neat way to > set > it up?
Beagle might be what you want. Or symlinks. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEvdenS9HxQb37XmcRAk9PAKCP6EoN2Z2juLva7ut26iaBMgxnDgCgvZfr MVWB96+ldU2e4dIAEEhtD2k= =zzuG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
