... or a foutN that gives the possibility to choose how to name the generated files:
- by date and time (as John claims)
or
- customizing the name of the file and numbering it (automatically) progressively (but always without overwriting at each work session) - as did Joachim and Richard K.
?

However, what has been suggested to me has already been of great help.
Thanks.

E

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I agree that some wonderful Solutions have been shared and I have learned a ton by following the advice and discussions that I've arisen from your questions and suggestions and needs.

But, when I'm thinking about a beginner, or an Intermediate user even such as myself, who would love to save the outputs of my work in folders and they have things be a little more automatic, then I think it would be nice to have a more robust and enhanced version of the fout of code

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Berklee College of Music

> On Oct 13, 2021, at 8:46 AM, Enrico Francioni <00000005323c8739-dmarc-request@listserv.heanet.ie> wrote:
> 
> ... or a foutN that gives the possibility to choose how to name the generated files:
> - by date and time (as John claims)
> or
> - customizing the name of the file and numbering it (automatically) progressively (but always without overwriting at each work session) - as did Joachim and Richard K.
> ?
> 
> However, what has been suggested to me has already been of great help.
> Thanks.
> 
> E
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I think this is a useful idea but does get quite specifically personal -

using date and time depends on locale and user preference for the date 
format, we'd ideally need to have a widely accepted consensus 
beforehand.

having a numbered file (eg a numeric prefix) would preusumably need to 
rely on some kind of state file like the state.txt in Joachim's 
approach, and some assumptions might have to be made about where/how the 
state file is stored and user expectations/preference on that might 
differ. It could get complex eg does the state file exist in the 
directory where fout is writing or the working directory of the 
orchestra; if multiple fouts are used in one orchestra with the same 
directory would there be multiple state files there or just one per 
Csound instance/how are they named, etc etc. I think there are a lot of 
potential variables and I feel handling this is relatively easy enough 
to keep in the Csound code as a UDO rather than having as an actual 
opcode where the specifics would be less transparent and a bit less 
configurable.


On 2021-10-13 13:46, Enrico Francioni wrote:
> ... or a foutN that gives the possibility to choose how to name the
> generated files:
> - by date and time (as John claims)
> or
> - customizing the name of the file and numbering it (automatically)
> progressively (but always without overwriting at each work session) -
> as did Joachim and Richard K.
> ?
> 
> However, what has been suggested to me has already been of great help.
> Thanks.
> 
> E
> 
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