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Not quite sure if you really want that: open your favorite shell, and count the number of files in your data directory; then multiply it by, say, 2 seconds each
by sdrinf 14y ago
Not quite sure if you really want that: open your favorite shell, and count the number of files in your data directory; then multiply it by, say, 2 seconds each -would you like to spend that time on organization, or rather making money? (obviously you can apply the same label to multiple files, but you still need to figure out what belongs to where).
Personally, I gave up on manual organization of my file system last year, and learned how to love built-in search. This works great, as the rough index is in your head anyways, so you can just take a single token of the filename, type it in, and open it up; massively reducing both access time, and eliminating organization entirely.
- shurcooL 14y agoI only want to manually apply labels only to some files/folders. I have some parts of the same project spread out through 3 folders: not in Dropbox, in Dropbox, in Public subfolder of Dropbox. It'd be really nice to have a unified view on those things. As in apply 'Dropbox' or 'Dropbox/Public' labels to some files. I know Dropbox has shared links, but I don't want to have to create and manage those all the time. It's just an example. Finally, I think a great way to organize files is by time created/modified. If you exclude the system or program generated files. Quite often I just want to find a file that I know I saved a few days ago (but no idea in which folder).
- inquist 14y agoSave everything in one folder. Optionally set up (symbolic) links in other locations.
- archivator 14y agoSymlinks. Put all three folders under a common parent. Then, put symlinks inside your Dropbox pointing to the relevant parts of the project.