* mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12.07.04 07:22]: > Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The beginning of my bookmark file is attached. Please do _not_ work on > > it until you have considered the alternative - suggested at the end of > > this posting. > ok > > > [-- mutt.octet.filter file type: "Bourne shell script text executable" --] > It's only a notification, i think. > > > In my view, other script writers would find it more helpful to have the > > explanation of what each routine does at the appropriate location in the > > script. Users, on the other hand, get more help from a README file. > Both altogether is standard for good scripting, i think. > I use to write READMEs for more sophisticated scripts. > But 'woofflebook' is only a small tool (yet) and i didn't intend to post it > anywhere, in the beginning. >
> > 1. Use /var/spool/wwwoffle/http as the starting point for > > constructing 'purge.conf'; > In a recent debian install (stable or testing) i don't have this > directory. There's a /var/cache/wwwoffle/ for the content and > /etc/wwwoffle/ for configuration files. I suspect Debian stores the cached WWWOFFLE files (logically) in /var/cache/ subdirectories. RedHat puts them into /var/spool/. However, the suggestion stands. The layout of the browser bookmark files may vary from user to user; but all WWWOFFLE users will have the same structure for their cached ../wwwoffle/http directory. Hence the script could be used without further tweaks (other than the path to the directory). > > > 2. Give the option to construct the 'purge.conf' file either from > > entries that are to be purged _or_ from entries that are to be > > retained. > I don't understand this. Some users keep most of their downloaded URLs in the WWWOFFLE cache (and use one of the search engines suggested in the WWWOFFLE package when they want to find entries that relate to a specific topic). In their case, the majority of the entries in ../wwwoffle/http/ would be kept and only a small (and constantly-changing) number would get listed for purging. Other users keep only a few entries and routinely clean out most of the cache with a "wwwoffle -purge" routine. For them it would be easier to update the list of entries that should _not_ be purged. Felix -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
