Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.editors Subject: Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portable memory using Windows & Android editors Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:19:14 +0100 Lines: 55 Message-ID: <2suv6lxdht.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net /eMlh0zK0a83a/8yBLVNBwphWlDB7phtAGRiPstRVoclKIqhXy X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:06stJ/4pmeBOKjEfAVAEGKGj2dc= sha256:hxe0rQJKR96NjQIqGMOR69eHC8ggXYA60ShpVOUY3bM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146550 alt.comp.os.windows-10:181822 comp.editors:106531 On 2025-01-31 22:18, Marion wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:26:54 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote : > > >> very good at dreaming up non-problems > > The main point of this thread was to purposefully helpfully inform people > of the rather useful approach of formatting the volume label of sd cards. It would be clever if you used the label command instead of format :-p > > I have tested two scenarios, both of which work perfectly when you change > out the sd card - but only if you've matched their respective volume labels > 1. When you move from phone a to phone b where b is a clone of a, and, > 2. When you double (or triple, or whatever) the size of the memory card. > > Having said that the most important point in this thread is that... > I realize Kenny McCormack is a common troll, but the point that shouldn't > be lost when these trolls try to waste our time is that formatting the new > sd card with the same name as the old sd card is a rather useful approach. I disagree. It is useful for your scenario, it is not for my scenarios. > > For media, in general, it doesn't matter if you copied your old DCIM folder > from your 64GB sd card to your new sd card, but for most modern editors > (which can store files on the external portable memory card), it does > matter. > > A classic example these ignorant trolls like Kenny McCormack don't > understand is the case of OSM map editors, which can store their *huge* map > (and other associated KML, GPX, etc.) databases on the external sd card. > > When you double the size of your portable memory, the existing installed > editors such as OSMAnd~ don't even realize the card was swapped out on it. > > Likewise for most modern editors. They still find their external files, but > only if you've thought ahead by matching the entire filespec exactly. Not so. You can use relative paths. > > Interestingly, what does seem to work even without matching the volume > label, is "media files" tend to be found even when the volume label changes > (which I suspect is due to a file-type tag that the operating system adds). > > Does anyone have more detail on how that file-type tag works in the > specific case of switching from one filespec to another in the volume label > when a typical user (who doesn't know the trick) inserts a new sd card? -- Cheers, Carlos.