Does anyone subdivide files etc by decade? I usually use by-year, but the lists are getting long. Something like
```
├── 199
│ ├── 1998
│ └── 1999
└── 200
├── 2001
├── 2002
└── 2003
…
```
```
├── 199
│ ├── 1998
│ └── 1999
└── 200
├── 2001
├── 2002
└── 2003
…
```
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@jmtd A very Jonathany question. I organise by year, and have one directory caller 'archives', and years older than 5 years just go into archives, since I rarely reference them
@jmtd I use the `mtime` field to organize/filter by year :P
So no. What if something spans more than one year? And so on...
@purpleidea something spanning >1 year is a problem yes. Also non-calendar years (UK tax years, or academic). There’s definitely no bulletproof approach. But one thing I like about starting with calendar year folders is, for most stuff, it’s clear, and also caps off growth
@highvoltage I think I’m honoured to have this described as a “Jonathany question” :)
@jmtd Whatever works best for you! FWIW I think I only have my tax documents separated by year.
As an aside, maybe making some small "search" aliases in bash to help with common lookups might help. Eg: jmtd_ls_year_2013 or something?
@purpleidea what provoked my question was actually email but I use the year scheme for most files as well