[ardour-users] Automation File naming convention OSX

[Juan Aboites]

ok i'll try these, thank you...

On 6/23/06, Robin Gareus <robin at gareus.org> wrote:
>
> Juan Aboites wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > in backing up ardour sessions to an external drive, the drive complained
> > about the / character in this automation file:
> >
> > TestNoise-pan-Sine Oscillator _Freq/audio_ Amp/audio_.automation
> >
> > I replaced the / to _ in both instances so the file would copy:
> >
> > TestNoise-pan-Sine Oscillator _Freq_audio_ Amp_audio_.automation
> >
> > Will this have a significant effect on the automation settings
> (probably) ?
> >
>
> If you rename a file *and* change all references to the file in your
> XXX.ardour session (it's XML text file) - it will work.
>
> ...I never encountered an automation-file with an escaped '/' in the
> filename, though!
>
>
> Why not use "tar" for backing up data?
> (It will also preserve timestamps, permissions, etc... which are
> probably not supported by your external-disk's file system either.)
>
> robin
>
>
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