I'm downloading files of names like:
http://www.aaa.com/~john/foo-txt.htm
Now, when I do this in a browser (I use lynx (shell-account))
the default name to store it under is foo-txt.htm.
Years later, what I'll want to know is exactly where it came from, ie
I'd like the filename to depict the entire url.
Like this, perhaps?
http://www.aaa.com/~john/foo-txt.htm
Nope, because regardless of what the computer will
make of it, it'll confuse *me* -- not knowing whether
those slashes represent dir-separators within *my* computer,
or in some far-away (maybe long dead) server.
Hmmm. Maybe "---" for "/"?
What about ":"?
And what about "~"?
Plus other chars I've not thought of?
Making it even longer, if the *title* of the report in
the file is "10 easy editing tips", and I want that reflected
in the name too.
Like 10-easy-editing-tips---http<colonSlashSlash>www.aaa.com... (you
get the idea).
And, whatever we decide on, another question comes up -- how to ENTER
that NAME into the computer -- both in emacs (dired) and in, say, tcsh.
What, iva C-Q for emacs and ^V in unix.
Suggestions?
Thanks!
David
P.S.: Oh, I forgot. tar shouldn't barf on the name.