From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 24 12:00:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D8416A4DF for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net) Received: from smtpout09-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout09-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5037B43D7D for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:00:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net) Received: (qmail 15861 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2006 12:00:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (64.57.168.66) by smtpout09-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.17) with ESMTP; 24 Jul 2006 12:00:22 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20060723024114.0ef9b7d1@logcabin.hem.com> References: <336A5DA6-5A43-44C0-8961-139C81702AB3@familyfunzone.net> <20060723024114.0ef9b7d1@logcabin.hem.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Message-Id: <548E84B3-2F76-413D-8B6D-509B0D0A47EC@familyfunzone.net> From: Joshua Lewis Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:00:20 -0400 To: Michael Hughes X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Searching a drive and copying files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:00:34 -0000 Many of the images will have the same name. I somehow managed to copy the same files several times when trying to do backup and restores. At this point in time they are going from my Apple laptop to my FreeBSD server. I am going to start looking for a inexpensive Tape drive to back up my data. I have been using iPhoto to manage my images. Sincerely, Joshua Lewis joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Michael Hughes wrote: > Joshua, > On the dups, will the names of the files be the same or different? > > Do you have plans on how you will be storing the images after you > get rid of the dups? Have the images be edited and if they have, did > you edit them with a EXIF aware program? > > I use a program called epinfo to rename my images, it is part of the > photopc utility. I have just a little over 10,000 digital images and > store them by year, month, day and time. epinfo uses the EXIF data to > rename the files and set the time stamps for the files. I have > written > some php programs to allow me to display the images thru a web > browser. It uses a MySQL database to manage the images into > categories. I also store a checksum of the picture in the database > so I can check to see if the images have become damaged. I have a > script that I wrote check the check sum in the database to the image. > I do backups whenever I add new images to the hard drive. This is > still > a work in progress. > > If you can send me a little more data on your files and how you want > to store the images, I could help you in you task. > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:47:13 -0400 > Joshua Lewis wrote: > >> Hello List, >> >> I have a two part question for anyone who may be able to help. >> >> I need to search my drive for all pictures on my system and copy >> them to a networked system using sftp or ssh or what not. There will >> be duplicate names on the drive so I was hoping to have dups placed >> in a separate folder. Due to my for lack of a better term stupidity >> when I first got my camera I will probably have instances when there >> will be three or four duplicates. If anyone can help me out with that >> it would be great. >> >> Second is there a resource online I can use to learn how to do my >> own shell scripting? >> >> My goal is to find all my pictures and compare them then delete the >> dups that don't look that good. A daunting task as I have 20 GB of >> data. I bet 10 GB are dups. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Sincerely, >> Joshua Lewis >> joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > > -- > Michael Hughes Log Home living is the best > Michael@TheHughesLogcabin.net > > Temperatures: > Outside: 60.6 House: 70.9 Computer room: 69.5 >