when you receive a file with xchat this is placed in ~/.xchat2 wouldn't ~/download/ be better?

[Lorenzo E. Danielsson]

On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 13:38 -0500, Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 11:36 +0000, Lorenzo E. Danielsson wrote:
> > No extra step really. Just write a script in your favorite language the
> > reads the directory based on rules, like extension, MIME type or
> > whatever, and act upon it. So that .jpg files go to ~/images, .ogg go to
> > ~/music and so on. Then monitor the directory for incoming files. Or set
> > up a cron job to do it whenever you want.
> 
> I suppose that we can agree, that a regular computer user is not going
> to be able to write such a script. A regular user, also would not be
> able to set up a cron job. If ubuntu is installed with a script like
> this by default, than you lock the user into a rather strict directory
> structure (.ogg goes to ~/music, .jpg goes to ~/images etc.). I think it
> is much easier for a power user to change the default, then to a poor
> newbie to disable such a system to get back in control of his/her
> files. :)

You're absolutely right. I realized my folly right after sending this
mail. Of course I don't want to force a script like that on all users.
And I wouldn't expect all Ubuntu users to be able or want to right their
own scripts.

So my apologies for writing first and thinking later. 

++Lorenzo;