The DirLister Project
Posted: Sunday 29th March 2020 10:11am
I'm going to say a few things about a project that has a long story: DirLister.
The project is available on Gambas Farm:
https://gambas.one/gambasfarm/?id=755&action=search
You can read the detailed story in "DirLister User's Guide", which is available in Apps directory, either through F1 or through the Help Button, as a PDF book.
Skipping the details, the App aims to solve a 2 tier problem I encountered:
So, this is my approach on this matter:
1. We use the main drive anyway. Avoiding it is out of question.
2. Having an archive, is also out of question, at least when you really use a computer for anything else than just having a fancy toy on your desk.
3. Q: Is it mandatory to wear off TWO DRIVES in the mean time?
So, I came out some 20 years ago with the concept of Offline Archive Management.
That is: searching and finding things in my archive, without using the storage media actually, but using simple text/plain (MIME) lists. "Notepad" like files.
At first glance, this looks a very simple thing. Well, when I moved "to the real thing", it proved to be more complex than I thought.
So, I came with this solution.
It already helps me, BUT...
As anything else in the world, there is always room for better.
So here I am, making the project public.
Any ideas mostly related to PERFORMANCE, is highly appreciated.
I know that the app requires time to study so I'll do my best to do something to make things easier, since it already has over 1,800 lines of code.
I will soon upload a new version, 0.7.4, which is different than the current available.
Any thoughts are welcomed!
...
The cover of the DirLister:
The project is available on Gambas Farm:
https://gambas.one/gambasfarm/?id=755&action=search
You can read the detailed story in "DirLister User's Guide", which is available in Apps directory, either through F1 or through the Help Button, as a PDF book.
Skipping the details, the App aims to solve a 2 tier problem I encountered:
- (1) Finding something in an ~ 2 TB archive and
- (2) Hard drive failure.
So, this is my approach on this matter:
1. We use the main drive anyway. Avoiding it is out of question.
2. Having an archive, is also out of question, at least when you really use a computer for anything else than just having a fancy toy on your desk.
3. Q: Is it mandatory to wear off TWO DRIVES in the mean time?
So, I came out some 20 years ago with the concept of Offline Archive Management.
That is: searching and finding things in my archive, without using the storage media actually, but using simple text/plain (MIME) lists. "Notepad" like files.
At first glance, this looks a very simple thing. Well, when I moved "to the real thing", it proved to be more complex than I thought.
So, I came with this solution.
It already helps me, BUT...
As anything else in the world, there is always room for better.
So here I am, making the project public.
Any ideas mostly related to PERFORMANCE, is highly appreciated.
I know that the app requires time to study so I'll do my best to do something to make things easier, since it already has over 1,800 lines of code.
I will soon upload a new version, 0.7.4, which is different than the current available.
Any thoughts are welcomed!
...
The cover of the DirLister: