From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 30 3:59:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.broadpark.no (217-13-4-9.dd.nextgentel.com [217.13.4.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90FA137B41A for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 03:59:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ninja.amphex.com (ninja.amphex.com [217.13.29.51]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 8647D7D53; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:59:04 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:59:02 +0100 From: J.S. To: "Anthony Atkielski" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Personal hierarchy -- Are there any standards? Message-Id: <20011230125903.7f5e7eb1.johann@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <000401c19123$277ed170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20011230120812.0a5a8c72.johann@broadpark.no> <000401c19123$277ed170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I guess I try to organize my file structure just as you. The structure is OK, yet I find it hard to name my directories with the best fitting topic in existence. I want everything to be perfect =) But it ain't. 18 johann wheel 1024 Dec 29 14:26 audio/ < MP3 files 4 johann wheel 512 Dec 29 21:07 biz/ < E-business related 4 johann wheel 512 Dec 30 12:15 books/ < E-books 3 johann wheel 512 Dec 29 14:19 edu/ < School related 5 johann wheel 512 Dec 29 14:21 freebsd/ < System backup 2 johann wheel 512 Dec 21 16:45 notes/ < Notes =) 8 johann wheel 512 Dec 29 21:09 other/ < Temporary, unsorted stuff 2 johann wheel 512 Oct 26 16:54 sensitive/ < You know.. 3 johann wheel 512 Dec 29 23:03 typography/ < Stuff to improve my writing I'm not really satisfied with this setup. You wouldn't happen to have any suggestions, would you? Thanks. On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:14:30 +0100 "Anthony Atkielski" wrote: > Personal file structures seem to be as varied as the individuals who create > them, and I don't think any particular organization really stands out > amongst others. Some people have only one directory and put _everything_ at > that level (occasionally with thousands of files), others go hog-wild > creating dozens of directory levels, half of which contain no files at all. > > My directory structure is far better organized than my apartment, but I > don't know that there is anything about it that would be useful to others. > I do try to keep temporary stuff separate from stuff I need to keep, and I > try to keep software applications and system programs separate from data > files, but that's about it. Since I usually work under one user account or > root on my FreeBSD system, the home directories of these two accounts tend > to carry most of the stuff I create personally. I don't like to create > anything anywhere else lest it interfere with standard stuff. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.S." > To: > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:08 > Subject: Personal hierarchy -- Are there any standards? > > > > Hey. > > > > I guess this makes me sound like a freak (and I'm expecting tons of > > replies on that argument only). Anyhow, I'd like to know if there are any > > standards or perhaps suggestions out there to how ones personal hierarchy > > may look. > > > > I keep re-organizing my files and directories continuously, and I never > > feel satisfied with the way I structure them. I was hoping something > > easy, abbreviated and well-organized, like the FreeBSD hierarchy, would > > help me feel better about my personal stash. > > > > Or perhaps someone could show me how they have it? > > > > Thanks. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message