Re: [Myexperiment-discuss] Download filenames and _12345.xml

[Danius Michaelides]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Stuart Owen wrote:

> Hi,
>   I noticed today that when I download a workflow it has a magic number 
> appended to it, e.g. example_of_a_conditional_execution_workflow_7882.xml . 
> This seems to be to avoid a clash between files with the same name, but can 
> be overcome by storing the original filename and setting it when initiating 
> the download, e.g:
>
> send_data <data>, :filename => @workflow.original_filename, :content_type => 
> <content_type>, :disposition => 'attachment'
>
> Its particularly annoying when downloading a pack, as every file in the pack 
> is renamed to append the _12345.xml . In my case I wish to reuse the files 
> outside of myExperiment and have needed to manually rename each individual 
> file back to its original.
>
> Why not use the original name, and only append the magic number if a clash 
> actually occurs ?

I believe Don was looking at eliminating the magic number but there was a
issue and he paused work on that. Cant remember what it was exactly, but I
dont think it was insurmountable.

I'm sure he can comment when he's back from holiday.
Danius