OpenMeta update

[tom.andersen]

Hi,

I checked in code that allows people to NOT make backup files, it just
checks for a file called "No Backups Please.txt" in Library/
Application Support/OpenMeta/backups

I checked in support for doing a backup of all open meta data to a
single file. (I think that the file will be about 200MB for 100k
entries). I also made a restore from this file format. (omsback)

I changed the way restore is done.
Restore is only done for keys of the form org.openmeta:* .
Dates are compared on a field by field basis to merge in changes.
This helps in for instance restoring openmeta backups over top of say
a Time Machine restored file, which may have old tags.

--Tom

[BLUEFROG]

On Aug 31, 1:30 pm, "tom.andersen" <tom.ander...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I checked in code that allows people to NOT make backup files, it just
> checks for a file called "No Backups Please.txt" in Library/
> Application Support/OpenMeta/backups

This leaves people open for losing data from the Adobe metadata
stripping problem. If they are not writing backup files then a Restore
Metadata will not help them. And doesn't this negate any usefulness
that OMFix would have?

>
> I checked in support for doing a backup of all open meta data to a
> single file. (I think that the file will be about 200MB for 100k
> entries). I also made a restore from this file format. (omsback)

This may be a philosophical difference but I am more comfortable
managing many files than "putting all my eggs in one basket", so to
speak. I fear the potential of losing all the backed up Tags at once
than losing a few here and there. Also, is this single file a
sparsebundle for easier Time Machine backups or something? I guess I
don't understand why the change.

>
> I changed the way restore is done.
> Restore is only done for keys of the form org.openmeta:* .
> Dates are compared on a field by field basis to merge in changes.
> This helps in for instance restoring openmeta backups over top of say
> a Time Machine restored file, which may have old tags.
>
> --Tom

Jim

[Tom Andersen]

Not making backup files is an option that users can take if they like.
There are of course consequences.

The single file backup is additional to the existing backup scheme.
Think of it as a manual step that someone could take to create a
single backup file before erasing a hard drive, install new OS, etc.

--Tom