Hi list,
I often use soundfiler to write data from within pd to wav files. When soundfiler is given a file name it automatically adds a .wav extension if it is not explicitely given. (I suspect this is the way it works for the other supported file formats as well).
So what? Imagine a user uses savepanel to choose a filename "myfile" when "myfile.wav" is already there: Well, soundfiler adds .wav and overwrites "myfile.wav" without any further notice. savepanel would only warn the user if he/she had typed "myfile.wav".
This problem could easily be avoided if soundfiler wouldn't add the extension. The only drawback would be that if one forgets to give the correct extension one may end up with files whose type/format cannot be deduced from their names.
I personally consider this drawback much less severe than the risk of accidentally overwriting existing files.
What do you think?
--Matthias
extension. The only drawback would be that if one forgets to give the correct extension one may end up with files whose type/format cannot be deduced from their names.
nobody actually does this
I personally consider this drawback much less severe than the risk of accidentally overwriting existing files.
i dont see how the two are related. other than you at least know exactly which file youre at risk of overwriting when the filename isnt mangled later on..
carmen schrieb:
extension. The only drawback would be that if one forgets to give the correct extension one may end up with files whose type/format cannot be deduced from their names.
nobody actually does this
I personally consider this drawback much less severe than the risk of accidentally overwriting existing files.
i dont see how the two are related. other than you at least know exactly which file youre at risk of overwriting when the filename isnt mangled later on..
Well, this is the point. If i am warned (in your terms: knowing exactly which file i am going to overwrite) then this is ok.
The current behavior, on the other hand, is a serious *bug*, because pd may overwrite a file the user had never chosen. I am talking about naive (like most of my students) or forgetful (like most of us including myself) users here.
By the way, it is not very difficult to see how checking for existing files and modifying filenames at a later stage may become dangerous: just try it out.
--Matthias
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Matthias Blau