SPIFFS data directory subfolder not converted in prefixed files.

[igrr]

From @far5893 on December 4, 2015 9:16

SPIFFS does not support directories so dir is only a prefix of filename,
if i prepare SPIFFS filesystem in linux (data directory) i cannot prefix files with /somewhere/ (/ is not allowed) but i can create directories , spiffs flash tool does not convert directories name in file prefixes!

Copied from original issue: esp8266/Arduino#1139

[me-no-dev]

ok, what do we need to do?
get the files in subfolders and put them with the folder name as prefix to the new name?
do the names start with "/", I think it does not matter but we need to standardize it somehow on the ESP side. I have run into issues doing SPIFFS.open("file.txt","w") and SPIFFS.open("/file.txt","w")

[miky2k]

In a file system where there is not working-dir concept all name should be absolute (starting with /) for compatibility with filesystem where dir is a real object.

[igrr]

Actually i checked and mkspiffs 1.2 supports nested directories. So I think this should just work if you create a 'somewhere' subdirectory in 'data' directory and put all files there.

[miky2k]

Under linux?

[me-no-dev]

@igrr where can I read on the matter?

[igrr]

Recursive packing has been added here: igrr/mkspiffs@2ecc11f
It's part of mkspiffs-1.2 release.

[me-no-dev]

recursive plugin have been done here: 68fd738

[igrr]

In 0.2.0