On Jan 12, 2010, at 1:51, Josef Trapani wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am currently managing my PDF files by auto filing them in a specific folder
> and naming them by the associated reference's Pmid (Pubmed ID).
> In order to fulfill the Auto File Local File Format rules my format string
> is: %f{Pmid}0%n[_]0.pdf
> With the %n[_]0 I end up with duplicates of the same pdf if I accidentally
> drag the same pdf into bibdesk a second (or third) time.
> This often happens because my Auto File folder has 2,600 pdf files in it.
>
> I have three questions:
>
> 1) Is there a way for Import Publications to scan my reference library to
> determine if I have already have a reference for the incoming pdf? Currently,
> when I download a pdf that I think I don't have (but actually do) and drag it
> onto my large primary .bib file I end up with a duplicate pdf file with _0
> added to the filename (as per my format string).
Most definitely not. Especially when you're talking about "duplicate" rather
than "identical" files (which I think you are.)
>
> 2) Is there a way to make Import Publications scan my Auto File folder to
> determine if the pdf that I am importing already exists? Currently, if I am
> working with a smaller .bib reference list dragging in a given pdf is very
> useful to populate that reference into my .bib file, but if I already have
> the pdf then I don't necessarily need another copy in my Auto File Folder.
> This can occur when someone has emailed me a pdf and I want to import it into
> a unique .bib file.
>
Same answer.
> It seems that 1) and 2) could be accomplished in the same task, first
> scanning whether or not the incoming pdf's associated reference exists, and
> adding it if it doesn't, and then determining if the pdf already exists and
> adding it if it doesn't.
>
Except that it would be extremely and prohibitively inefficient, so we can't do
that.
> 3) Is there a way to scan all existing references in a .bib file and
> auto-associate pdf's from the Auto File Folder to references with matching
> Pmid's (or other unique identifier)? This happens when I create a new bib
> file with new references and I already have pdf's in my Auto File Folder.
> This is different from question 2) because here the reference already exists
> in the file and the pdf may already exist in the folder.
>
Not for PMID. There is a way to try to match pubs and (unattached) files based
on author names using the Match Files feature.
> I have a script hook to compare an incoming pdf filename with all pdf file
> names in my Auto File Folder, however the Import Publications feature
> overrides any attempt at stopping a pdf's auto filing or a reference's
> creation.
>
> Many thanks for any and all advice,
> Joe
>
When you're using auto-filing, comparing file names is completely useless.
Christiaan
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