Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames
Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames
Posted Mar 28, 2009 1:06 UTC (Sat) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)In reply to: Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames by kenjennings
Parent article: Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames
People should not be using filenames as data storage.
How about metadata storage? In my PC troubleshooting days, I came across a Windows XP box with a folder of videos of adult content whose file names were lengthy and explicit descriptions of the activities portrayed in the videos. Just reading the directory listing alone conjured up many vivid and disturbing thoughts. Fortunately this wasn't Windows Vista—its Explorer even creates video thumbnails. :-o