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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Ok, I think I have answered questions 1 & 2. I have manually created a folder for a user and tested this out. All seems to work as explained. Is there no way to allow users to see what is also in the ‘default’ top directory even if they also have files in their own personal directory folder? (i.e. the drop-down will display all documents in both sets of folders)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>-----Original Message-----<br>From: zendto-bounces@zend.to [mailto:zendto-bounces@zend.to] On Behalf Of Marlon R Deerr<br>Sent: January-26-12 12:31 PM<br>To: ZendTo Users<br>Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Library of files on a 'per user' basis</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sounds good. Got a couple questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. Must we then manually create these library subfolders for each user we wish to have access to their own library?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. What happens if there are files in the top directory as well as a user's specific library directory. Will that user see all sets of files?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3. I obviously want to keep my existing preferences.php file. Is there any new options in the updated version that I need to incorporate in my existing preferences.php file?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Marlon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: <a href="mailto:zendto-bounces@zend.to"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>zendto-bounces@zend.to</span></a> [<a href="mailto:zendto-bounces@zend.to"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>mailto:zendto-bounces@zend.to</span></a>] On Behalf Of Jules<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: January-26-12 10:34 AM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: ZendTo Users<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Library of files on a 'per user' basis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I've added per-user libraries. See the beta section of the downloads page to get it!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What happens now is this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If there is a sub-directory of the library directory named the same as the logged-in username, that directory is used. If not, then the top-level library directory is used.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I then gather a list of all the files in that directory.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If there are no files in that directory, the drop-down list is not shown in the user interface at all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If there are files, those are presented as a drop-down list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The results are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. You have a "default" set of files in the top dir.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. You can have a few users who have empty subdirectories and so never see that the "library" functionality exists at all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3. You can have an empty "default" top dir, but subdirectories for a few users. Then most of your users will never see the "library" <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>functionality exists, and only those few users who do have a subdirectory will see it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Use case for my site: we have 1 guy in our central IT service whose job it is to send software media out to people all over campus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>He used to have to write CDs and DVDs and put them in the post!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Now he sends them as ISO images using ZendTo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>He is fed up of uploading the same files to different users over and over again, so wants to use the "library".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I leave the top-level library directory empty, apart from just a subdirectory for him.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>*Only he* ever sees that the library exists at all, so all the other users of the service on campus don't get confused by a thing they can't/don't use anyway.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Result ==> Happy users, and happy guy in IT service !<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I've released this as a beta. I've just put the DEB and the RPM on the web site, you'll have to upgrade by downloading the relevant file and then CentOS / RedHat / Fedora<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> rpm -Uvh zendto-4.09-1.noarch.rpm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ubuntu / Debian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> sudo dpkg --install zendto_4.09-1.deb And beware you don't hose your /opt/zendto/config files by mistake!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you don't have a recent version, and you use MySQL, you will need to run the 2nd "mysql" command given in /opt/zendto/sql/README.MySQL to add the necessary tables that the "library" uses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Jules<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Julian Field MEng CITP CEng<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.Zend.To"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.Zend.To</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Follow me at twitter.com/JulesFM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>'It's okay to live without all the answers' - Charlie Eppes, 2011 'All programs have a desire to be useful' - Tron, 1982 'That is the land of lost content,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I see it shining plain,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> The happy highways where I went,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> And cannot come again.' - A.E. 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