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   On 2019-07-15 14:08:26 +0000, mark lewis -> Ozz Nixon said:   
      
   >   Re: files restructure code   
   >   By: Ozz Nixon to All on Sun Mar 17 2019 19:07:37   
   >    
   > [snipped]   
   > i was rereading some old mail and came across this... initially i like it   
   but   
   > then my gut kicks and say why? why keep restricting file names to the old   
   DOS   
   > 8.3 format? granted, we're not yet moving LFNs around but why restrict   
   > ourselves from being able to do so?   
   >    
   > just a thought or two...   
      
   Not a problem... in PCB 16, I have actually opened all to LFN, Virtual    
   Directories, and using #tags and descriptions, as elements to navigate    
   the file system. It is a lot more effort for a sysop to merge in a CD,    
   or folders - however, it allows for:   
      
   LFN   
   SIZE (64bit)   
   DATE (Epoch 64bit)   
   DESC (45x10)   
   TAGS: Unlimited Link List   
      
   The "Library" section of the BBS supports:   
   Library 1: Night Owl CDs  (which is a tag #nightowl, applied to all the    
   files from the night own collection), then I can support #vol1, #vol2,    
   etc. Then I address the file itself, #game, #win32, #256color,    
   #freeware, etc. then the search engine incorporated the description (1    
   liner from old FILES.BBS, unzips and looks for DESC, FILE_ID, etc. and    
   lastly I am working on logic to pull from README.* files). So the more    
   words available, the tigher/more accurate a search could be.   
      
   Like: Search %lewis #pascal #source   
      
   %(anything) incorporates: SoundEx, Metaphone, Levenshtein, Similarity    
   comparison of (anything) against each word in the DESC field. That    
   result list is then filtered and ordered by LFN or DATE (users option),    
   where TAGS contain #pascal and #source.   
      
   I am developing all this without SQL, and experimenting with different    
   indexing trees to try and make this lightning fast. Cool part, is I    
   name flag my result as a Virtual User Directory - and share it w/ other    
   users via "Users Library" or, store it for later downloads (incase I    
   exceed my ratios). ;-)   
      
   Been developing this for 2 months straight... going bald pulling hair ;-)   
      
   Ozz   
      
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