New names for files in Woof and derivatives

I have implemented this in Woof. File woof-unleashed/DISTRO_SPECS has some overall specifications:

DISTRO_VERSION="600"
DISTRO_NAME="Woof"
#prefix for distro files... exs: woof_600.sfs, woof_save.2fs
DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX="woof"

When the distro is built, this file ends up at /etc/DISTRO_SPECS.

If built with a 'zdrv' file, it is named 'woof_zdrv_600.sfs', or whatever the variables specify.

I have modified all the scripts accordingly.

One advantage of this system is that if you wanted to create a derivative of Woof, say 'Bark', change these:

DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX='bark'
All files will be prefixed with "bark", for example 'bark_save.2fs', so they can't get mixed up with any other derivative.

DISTRO_NAME='Bark'
All messages in dialog boxes and elsewhere will display this as the distro name. For example, the main Help page will have "Welcome to Bark Linux".

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Comments

Woof Woof
Username: Lobster
Good news about Woof, in particular a possible Python based language 'PupPy' :happy: I recently created a simple puplet based on 4.1.1 Linux Tmxxine [b]Dark Force[/b] http://tmxxine.com/wik/wikka.php?wakka=LinuxTmxxineDF It includes the full Python and Idle Editor During the construction I had to manually put LIT (a program that runs on Startup) in the Startup directory (created as a temp directory) Should the contents of the Startup Directory be automatically added to any remastering?

8 characters in filenames
Username: Leon
"From my experience with one of the earlier releases of Grafpup a system file with more then 8 characters in filename could cause problems when using grub4dos frugal install in DOS/FreeDOS/Windows environment. Author of Grafpup then changed the name of the file to 8 characters in name. I suggest to keep 8 characters naming conventions as used in Puppy. Puppy pup_xxx.sfs zdrv_xxx.sfs pup_save.2fs Woof woof_xxx.sfs wooz_xxx.sfs woo_save.2fs

8+3 filenames
Username: BarryK
"yes, I was wondering if I really needed to stick to that format. I suppose also: woof_xxx.sfs woofzxxx.sfs woofsave.2fs

8+3 again
Username: BarryK
"Or, for consistency: woofrxxx.sfs #"r" is for "root filesystem", (or "v" for version) woofzxxx.sfs woofsave.2fs

Sort order
Username: Leon
"Yes, that seems to be better. The Sort order is interesting too. woofrxxx.sfs #"r" is for "root filesystem" woofsave.2fs woofzxxx.sfs woofsave.2fs woofvxxx.sfs #"v" for "version" woofzxxx.sfs

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