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Re: Paths, explicit drive references, and the case of file names (Was: MPD spec)
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:11:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Tore Eriksson wrote:
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> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> >
> > > Should probably also add the following...
> > >
> > > - paths are allowed, so are explicit drive references.
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> I am not sure about explicit drive references. Actually, I
> think we should limit it to _relative_ paths.
I'd prefer we say that local/absolute references are allowed, but
provide guidelines to show that relative paths are usually better -
easier to manage, easier to share, etc.
> We should also decide on a preferred - or maybe even fixed -
> directory name delimiter. I suppose that it should be "\",
> even though Unix and Mac people probably have different
> preferences.
Yes, yes, and I'm guessing yes.
> And what about the case of file names? My MPD splitter
> converts all the file names to lower case before the files
> are created. I suspect that this technically is wrong.
I think you are correct - file name case should be preserved.
> > MPD Workshop cannot handle a reference to a non-existing directory, or
> > rather, it does not create a folder if necessary.
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> It is my impression that the MPD splitting _should_ create
> any missing directories.
Here is my list of how software can handle this, in order from least
preferred to most preferred:
- Software doesn't think about paths - it allows them, works fine
if they alread exist, crash if they don't.
- Software doesn't create new directories - it gives an error
message if needed directories don't exist.
- Software automatically creates new directories as needed.
- Software prompts the user before creating new directories.
- Software provides options so the user can establish their
preferences: never create directories, always create directories,
prompt before creating.
Steve
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