Comments on: Amazon S3 and Subdirectories http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/ Geoff Gaudreault's Flash weblog and source files archive. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: masukomi http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2122 masukomi Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:56:22 +0000 http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2122 Why didn't you post this YESTERDAY?! ;) I spent at least an hour today trying to rectify the discrepency between seeing people use and talk about subfolders in buckets but having absolutely no support for it in the api. Why didn’t you post this YESTERDAY?! ;) I spent at least an hour today trying to rectify the discrepency between seeing people use and talk about subfolders in buckets but having absolutely no support for it in the api.

]]> By: geoff http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2120 geoff Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:02:54 +0000 http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2120 That's a good point, but how often does one make wholesale changes to their directory structure? In the era of permalinking, this should be avoided. This system also has the advantage of being able to host pages that have a complex hierarchy of elements. For instance, you could hose a web gallery that has images in subfolders. HTML and SWF files will still work as though they were accessing a real filesystem. That’s a good point, but how often does one make wholesale changes to their directory structure? In the era of permalinking, this should be avoided.

This system also has the advantage of being able to host pages that have a complex hierarchy of elements. For instance, you could hose a web gallery that has images in subfolders. HTML and SWF files will still work as though they were accessing a real filesystem.

]]> By: Alex MacCaw http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2119 Alex MacCaw Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:19:45 +0000 http://www.neurofuzzy.net/2006/11/30/amazon-s3-and-subdirectories/#comment-2119 I considered this approach at first, but it has one major problem. What if you want to try and change (rename?) a folder high in a hierarchy, s3 doesn't provide a way to 'update' names or files so you have to upload all the files again. I went with the system of naming assets with an unique ID and storing a virtual folder system in a database. I considered this approach at first, but it has one major problem. What if you want to try and change (rename?) a folder high in a hierarchy, s3 doesn’t provide a way to ‘update’ names or files so you have to upload all the files again. I went with the system of naming assets with an unique ID and storing a virtual folder system in a database.

]]>