file-management

Archiving Files

I really like the way gmail has the archive system implemented. I can archive any file after adding a tag to it (if needed) and I can search for it whenever I want to. Is there any program in Windows/Linux which behaves in a similar fashion? ...

Good file management software

Currently all our files are stored on a windows network drive and with 15 members of staff and 3 external workers, file control is beggining to get a bit of nightmare. Even though we have a policy in place people still seem to save file to their pcs, make changes copy them back without notifying anyone, send files via email instead of it...

Optimum web folder structure for ~250,000 images

Hello I will have around 200,000 images as part of my website. Each image will be stored 3 times: full size, thumbnail, larger thumbnail. Full size images are around 50Kb to 500Kb. Normal tech: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP on a VPS. What is the optimum way to store these for fast retrieval and display via a browser?? Should I store ever...

Best file manager for developers

Developers have high demands, so I think many of us are unsatisfied with the average file manager shipped with the operating system. What is your file manager of choice, and why? ...

Tips for managing a large number of files?

There are some very good questions here on SO about file management and storing within a large project. Storing Images in DB - Yea or Nay? Would you store binary data in database or in file system? The first one having some great insights and in my project i've decided to go the file route and not the DB route. A major point aga...

How to make Windows Explorer always use detail view?

As a developer I work with a lot of source code files etc. and I need to copy these around, rename, etc. I'm sure any developer knows the drill. Windows Explorer is really "helpful" in suggesting different Views for different folders. Apparently one source code folder is an image folder, another apparently needs large icons etc. This ap...

Rename file in Cocoa?

How would I rename a file, keeping the file in the same directory? I have a string containing a full path to a file, and a string containing a the new filename (and no path), for example: NSString *old_filepath = @"/Volumes/blah/myfilewithrubbishname.avi"; NSString *new_filename = @"My Correctly Named File.avi"; I know about NSFileMa...

How to manage files and dirs under WSH?

Is it possible to manage files and directories (i.e. get a directory's content, create/copy/delete files, etc.) usig javascript in WSH ? I did a quick look at MSDN and I cant find an object that let me do that. ...

Windows SearchPath function

I am using the following to search for a file defined as a macro DB_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_1. wchar_t filename[100]; SearchPath( L".\\", DB_CONFIG_FILE_PATH_1, NULL, 100, filename, NULL); If the file is in C:\ directory, it is found. But, if the file is in one of its sub-directories the function doesn't find it. Can some explain how to sea...

what is your method of directories with in a root.

ive created an mvc which has this level of organization as far as the folders and settings files go. +[admin] -[js] -[css] -[images] -[classes] --list of php classes -[includes] --config.php (includes db connection str --functions.php (php functions) --root--- [js] [css] [images] [classes] --list of php classes -[includes] --config....

Best way to store/retrieve millions of files when their meta-data is in a SQL Database

I have a process that's going to initially generate 3-4 million PDF files, and continue at the rate of 80K/day. They'll be pretty small (50K) each, but what I'm worried about is how to manage the total mass of files I'm generating for easy lookup. Some details: I'll have some other steps to run once a file have been generated, and ther...

Pitfalls of automated file versioning?

I'm working on a file management system and would like to include an automated versioning such as bates numbering if a file with the same name exists. I thought of inserting a "-v0001" between the filename and extension and counting the number of versions as they come in. $basename = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_BASENAME); $fname = pat...

Where does Visual Studio search for txt files when conducting file management operations?

I know this is a noob question, but I've worked with Python before and when you wanted to simply access a .txt file for example, all you had to do was make sure the txt file was in the same directory. I have the following C++ code below but it's not finding the Numbers.txt file that I have saved on my desktop. All I have in the file is o...

How to arrange files that are displayed using PHP

<div style="width: 49%; height: 300px; float: left; padding-top: 10px; "> <h2><img src="downloads/general.png"></h2> <h1>General Downloads</h1> <?php $Dirdownloads = opendir('downloads/general'); while (false !== ($file = readdir($Dirdownloads))) { if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { $files[] = array( ...

Recommend a good web based file management system for users

Hello! I am currently in the planning phase of developing a website that lets users login, and upload files, and organize them into custom created folders. Users may only view their own files (or their friends files), and they can also delete their own files. It's a very simple set of features :D What I'm asking is if this community ...

Is there a free web file manager like Plesk or cPanel in ASP.Net

I'm looking for a free, open-sourced web application written in C#/VB.Net on top of ASP.Net, which functions like Plesk or cPanel when it comes to (remote) file management. Something that simulates a regular FTP client, but actually displays web pages over HTTP, with the following functions: Create Folder Rename File/Folder Delete File...

Looking for a web based embeddable file manager that is cross platform

I'm looking for a web based embeddable file manager that is cross platform. I haven't found anything suitable through Google or the Stack Overflow archives. Does anyone know of a file manager that meets the following criteria? The file manager must be embeddable (e.g. Flash or a Java applet) run from my server (no storing uploads in...

How do I stop emacs dired mode from opening so many buffers?

When I use dired mode to browse around and find a file I want to open in Emacs, dired opens a new buffer for each directory I visit when looking for the file each time I select a directory with Enter, which means I can end up with a lot of buffers I don't want: . * newer 0 Fundamental c:/work/stackoverflow/batc...

Where do data files go so the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 debugger can find them?

I am writing code that opens an istream object on a file specified by the user. I want to be able to run the program in the debugger and just type the filename (eg data.txt) at the prompt, not the whole path. I haven't worked out how to do this inside the IDE so I have been saving my .txt file to the debug folder and running the .exe fil...

Best practice for moving C# .NET project files across servers

What is the best strategy for making changes to a specific file within a C# .NET project and a DEV server and then moving that file to a different environment, say server B? I noticed it always wants me to recompile on the destination server and I figured I was doing something wrong because I didn't think I would have to (plus the server...