[sf-lug] directory tree organization question

[jim]

    Thanks for the reply. I can see I wasn't clear (I was 
excited about getting my new computer). 
    Because I'm getting a new computer, I am re-thinking 
my directory structures (I houseclean when I get a new 
computer). The problem has nothing to do with multiple 
computers; I'll retire or re-purpose or sell the old one. 

    On my computer, I want regularly to move things out 
of the primary directories to the OLD directories in 
order to keep my working directories lean yet have access 
to older, seldom used files. Should I bury an OLD 
subdirectory under each primary directory or should I set 
up an OLD directory that has a parallel directory tree? 




On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 18:11 -0800, Ken Shaffer wrote:
> Or just duplicate the existing structure exactly, and sync them up now
> and then with meld or rsync,.. if you're keeping the old laptop as a
> backup/traveling machine.  If you're not keeping the old laptop, why
> not duplicate what you have?
> Ken
> 
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:57 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>         
>            i have a number of directories, each with their
>         subdirectory trees.
>            i just bought (and will very soon pick up) a new
>         laptop from zareason (Terra HD).
>            i'm rethinking my directory structure and can't
>         decide (it may not matter, but it may--i bet that
>         someone figured it out in 1969):
>         
>         ----------------------------
>         what i've got looks like this:
>         
>         this/sub-1/
>         this/sub-2/
>         this/sub-3/
>         
>         that/sub-a/
>         that/sub-b/
>         
>         ----------------------------
>         i can re-do things like so:
>         
>         this/sub-1/OLD
>         this/sub-2/OLD
>         this/sub-3/OLD
>         
>         that/sub-a/OLD
>         that/sub-b/OLD
>         
>         ----------------------------
>         or like so:
>         
>         this/sub-1/
>         this/sub-2/
>         this/sub-3/
>         
>         that/sub-a/
>         that/sub-b/
>         
>         OLD/this/sub-1/
>         OLD/this/sub-2/
>         OLD/this/sub-3/
>         
>         OLD/that/sub-a/
>         OLD/that/sub-b/
>         
>         ----------------------------
>         
>         i have no inclination either way. opinions?
>         
>         
>         
>         
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