[gpodder-devel] Non-human readable directory and file names
- From: pdedecker at gmail.com (Pieter De Decker)
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:19:11 +0100
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Yeah, that's one of my minor annoyances with gPodder. I second this
request. Please make the directory names make sense. :)
Pieter
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Ionut Scutaru schreef:
> I subscribe to this request too.. sometimes I want to remove some files
> from the OS and not from the gPodder and it's impossible...
>
>
>
> On 10/31/07, * Jay Bradley* <jay.bradley at ed.ac.uk
> <mailto:jay.bradley at ed.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering why gpodder stores the downloads in crazily named
> directories? I realise that it is partly to ensure unique directories so
> there are no clashes but it means that it is impossible to browse
> through the podcast files manually. I know I can sync to a filesystem so
> I do this for my mp3 player but I also normally use a soft link to the
> podcast downloads directory for my mythtv installation as well.
> Currently I'm changing the device directory and syncing to my mp3 player
> and changing the device directory again to a separate directory for
> mythtv. If the directory names were human readable then it would
> save me
> a lot of hassle.
>
> I never understand why some programs add a layer of complexity which
> removes the user one step from their files. I believe programs should be
> as transparent as possible to allow people to do what they like with
> the
> data produced by that program. Using the non-human readable directory
> and filenames stops users from accessing their files except through one
> program (gpodder) which is a shame. I've looked through the source code
> but cannot find where the directory names are set. I'm an okay
> programmer so could do this myself if someone could point me in the
> right direction. I'd do it to just my local copy if this wasn't
> something anyone else would be interested in.
>
> I realise there may be some other reason why the names are non-human
> readable so if I've missed it then please could someone let me know.
>
> Jay
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