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Re: File organizer for Linux

Subject: Re: File organizer for Linux
From: "James Shatto" wwwshadow7
Date: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:43 pm ((PDT))
I tend to do it old school.  mkdir + mv + cp + rename + stuff(s)...  I do t=
ake care to use meaningful and sometimes lengthy filenames.  Search-able by=
 $ find /path/ -iname '*stuff*to*match*'

But there's tools for that too.  File Roller, Midnight Commander, Nautilus.=
  It really depends on what you want to search on.  Date/Time? ID3v2 tags? =
 Filenames?  Locations?  You could put them all into a MySQL database and a=
dd additional tables for meta data.  But that can be downright cryptic if y=
ou're not a techie.  A lot of times it's just easier to have regular files =
and browse the path in a web browser.  Sometimes I take care to make a new =
directory for a new year and keep the files associated with that in said di=
rectory(s).  That also helps a lot with backups and such.  Since already pa=
ssed years don't update much.

- James


> --- On Fri, 9/10/10, Kenton Brede <> wrote:
>
> From: Kenton Brede <>
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] File organizer for Linux
> To: 
> Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 9:57 PM
>
>
>  For those of you who use Linux, what do you use to organize
>  your audio files?  I'm looking for something that will allow
>  me to search the collection, add comments to files, sort by
>  year, place, etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kent










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