It would be great if when dumping future disks, some kind of unique ID could be part of each filename. For example
BS1-07-065_whatever.adf for the 65th disk from box #7. Currently many ADF filenames are generated from the AmigaDOS volume name which can result in confusion and in some cases isn't helpful. E.g. there are several disks with volume name Empty since the creator didn't bother changing the default name after formatting a new disk.
Having IDs like that would also be good because:
- You can easily tell the ADF came from the BS1 collection.
- It's obvious which disks are missing/not present because they were unreadable etc.
- You can easily identify disks which are part of a set. At the moment, the only way is to sort by date (not alphabetically), and
hope they were dumped in order. That's not always the case: ~130 ADFs in several parts have datestamps in 1995(!). And file dates are fragile, easily lost. For example try unpacking a .zip on an Android phone/tablet: all file dates are reset to the current. AmigaDOS Copy command without CLONE also loses file dates.
Here's an example of a not-obvious-from-names disk set: in part 11, a three-disk Quarterback backup set:
B2256.adf,
Digita Print HD.adf,
empty^3.adf