[Web4lib] managing files...

[Jonathan Gorman]

>
> I see you may already have a solution, but I'm going to suggest a low-brow
> (i.e., FREE and SIMPLE) idea anyway:
>
>
> 1. For downloading:
>
> a. Use a Firefox extension, like DownThemAll! or ScrapBook 1.0.3 for
> downloading entire sites, or portions or pages thereof, with as much ease as
> FTP.  (So they say. Note: I haven't used any of these Fx extensions so I
> cannot confirm to their effectiveness.)
>
> b. The Fx extension Server Switcher 0.1b allows you to compare local
> versions of a site with a remote version (or other clones).  This will tell
> you just how much, if any, of the site you need to download in the first
> place.
>
> After editing ...
>
> 2. Using a program like WinZIP, compress just those files you've edited by
> sorting the list with "Modified Last", selecting today's work, navigating to
> the next folder, etc.  This should keep the paths intact while you're only
> picking up the edits.
>
>

I'd highly recommend looking into Kevin's approach too if the problem 
really will be temporary.  It's dramatically less work than the use of a 
versioning system.  Another way to do a similar thing to the WinZIP trick 
is to use the "Search files and folders" to see which files have been 
added or modified since a certain date.  If you want something more 
complex for searching, you might be able to find a version of the 
linux/unix find command (or just download cygwin)

Jonathan T. Gorman
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