file management

file management

Don’t Pollute User Space

What is user space? User space is the location in the filesystem where users put their personal files – their “stuff.” Here’s the user space folder structure in the Windows XP operating system: Documents and SettingsUser Application Data Cookies Desktop Favorites Local Settings My Documents My Music My Pictures My

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compression

Don’t Use ZIP, Use RAR

When I wrote Today is “Support Your Favorite Small Software Vendor Day,” I made a commitment to spend at least $20 per month supporting my fellow independent software developers. WinRAR has become increasingly essential to my toolkit over the last year, so this month, I’m buying a WinRAR license.

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asp.net

WebFileManager

I posted a new CodeProject article, WebFileManager: I often deploy ASP.NET websites to servers that I don’t control. In these situations, I can’t get to the underlying filesystem to do any file maintenance, because I don’t have direct access to the server. For various reasons, I

By Jeff Atwood ·
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