Re: [LAD] samples/symlinks/sessions

On 13/07/12 renato <rennabh@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:11:23 +0100
>James Morris <james@email-addr-hidden-art.net> wrote:
>
>> On 13/07/12 James Morris <james@email-addr-hidden-art.net> wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >My sampler app has Non Session Mangement implemented but is
>> >currently still referring to external files by their original path.
>> >
>> >I want to use the symlink method as discussed fairly extensively
>> >here but I'd like to know if there is any recommended strategy for
>> >naming the symlink of a sample.
>> >
>> >It could so happen that as far as the filesystem is concerned the
>> >only discerning uniqueness between two samples is in the path (ie
>> >kit1/snare1.wav and kit2/snare1.wav).
>> >
>> >
>> >I've come up with three possible solutions to this (in my current
>> >order of preference):
>> >
>> >
>> >1) symlink-to-sample created in a subdir named using a hash* of the
>> >full path to external file
>> >
>> >2) painstakingly re-create the full path within the session dir and
>> >add the symlink into that.
>> >
>> >3) some horrible text manipulation of the full path (ie replace /
>> >with _) that is bound to fail.
>> >
>> >
>> >* J. Liles mentioned SHA1 here:
>> > http://linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lad/2012/3/30/189343
>> >
>> >Are there other/better options or disagreements about (1) being a
>> >good choice over the other options I've presented?
>>
>> Have just realized that a problem with (1) is the loss of information
>> contained in the naming of the path. Is that a problem or not?
>>
>
>if it's a symlink, one could just see the path to original file with ls
>-l ?
>
>renato

Yes while it is a symlink but if archived with tar -h then only the
basename + extension will remain.

A future user might find information encoded in the path (ie name of
sample library) helpful (corrupt sample?). Perhaps a small text file
showing the path could be added.

I like the idea of hashing the path, as descending through multiple
levels of nested-but-otherwise-empty sub directories is irksome.

james.
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