The project is to build a Linux Mint machine to have the identical functionality and ergonomics as the existing Windows 10 machine.
This stage relates to re-filing files.
Some hardcore IT bods file nothing, in the vague hope that they'll find it anyway. This is the digital equivalent of the "heap" approach to paperwork.
In the real world, normal people tend to structure their paperwork - and e-paperwork - into some sort of order. The most common method is typically to group documents with a common purpose into a single folder.
This is by far the easiest solution, because it uses existing software and achieves the desired outcome in the quickest way possible, breaking the manual sub-tasks down into batch processes.
The method works in both Windows (using Excel and the Command Prompt) and Linux (using Calc and the Terminal). The spreadsheets are different, to reflect each platform's different commands and syntaxes:
Where the destination is within the scope of Google Backup & Sync/Grive2, then files sync as normal.
Completed Jul2018.
This stage relates to re-filing files.
Environment & required functionality
Re-filing needs to happen on the following machines:- The Linux Mint Xfce 18.3 laptop "Gandalf";
- The Windows 10 laptop "Legolas".
Alternatives
There is no useful alternative to filing.Some hardcore IT bods file nothing, in the vague hope that they'll find it anyway. This is the digital equivalent of the "heap" approach to paperwork.
In the real world, normal people tend to structure their paperwork - and e-paperwork - into some sort of order. The most common method is typically to group documents with a common purpose into a single folder.
Software selection
Whilst there is a tonne of utilities for both Linux and Windows that rename files, there is no software that ultimately does what a user needs to do.Installation experience
There is no additional software to install.User experience
The solution is to build a spreadsheet that accepts:- the file's full filepath where it currently sits;
- the user's preferred filename;
- the user's preferred folder/directory.
- to copy the file from the source to the destination, renaming it in the process;
- to delete the file from the source.
This is by far the easiest solution, because it uses existing software and achieves the desired outcome in the quickest way possible, breaking the manual sub-tasks down into batch processes.
The method works in both Windows (using Excel and the Command Prompt) and Linux (using Calc and the Terminal). The spreadsheets are different, to reflect each platform's different commands and syntaxes:
| Linux | Windows |
| cp | copy |
| rm | del |
| / | \ |
Where the destination is within the scope of Google Backup & Sync/Grive2, then files sync as normal.
Conclusion
Re-filing files can be done equally easy between Windows and Linux. Basic - really core - data functionality is possible in both platforms using an identical method.Completed Jul2018.
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