My CDs [ project ]

so guys, finally i come up with the new plan..ur views are most welcome ! !

Objective :

To keep tracks of all the CDs/DVDs and its directory structure and contains in an vitural directories.In otherwords, cd Library. [Also to learn perl]

Requriements :

1. Need to stored all the Directory and files details of all the CDs and its name.
2. File details includes name, extenstion [if applicable ], size, date of creation, relative path.
3. Ability to search files and directories with part of the file name as keyword.
4. Search should have the following options:
a. case sensative
b. Regular expression
c. OR & AND operation
d. size
e. Date
f. Path
5. Ability to traverse to all the directories and list all the files in particular directory.
6. Ability to list all the files and directories in tree views.
7. Rip all the files and directory stuctures in the given CD/DVD.

Plan :

Phase I :
Rip all the contents in the CD and store it in the file.
Phase II :
All the other requirements in command mode [not GUI].
Phase III :
All the requirements in GUI mode.

Design:

1. File will be used to store all the informations of CDs/DVDs and that file will be passed as an argument.
2. Stucture of the file contents.
cd1 Name|details <>directory2|details <..>>>
cd2 Name|details <>directory2|details <..>>>
.....
3. In command mode interface, all the options should be made and also available as command-line arguments.
4. Indexing will be made available in memory for better search algorithm.
5. Separate (Binary) Search algorithm will be implemented in a separate module.
6. Proper help / manual will be made available for all the options.


Languages Used : Perl and <<>>