* Mark Farnell <[email protected]> [01-07-13 14:03]:
> Thanks for your tips on sorting the filename of the photos. However in
> Darktable, when I import directly from a camera, or an SD card,
> darktable tend to put the images into the folder named with the date of
> import.
The Darktable programmers may find time to offer that capability, indeed
it may already be there but I do not see it, and there are many more
pressing tasks at hand. And there are several other means available to
accomplish your wishes.
> How can I change the behaviour of darktable to putting the images into
> the folder named with the file creation date, or better, the exif date
> instead?
Maybe you cannot, but....
Do not use dt to *import*, move files from camera to computer. exiftool
may be used to "move" files from one location to another location named by
creation-date of the photos and rename the files also, if desired.
>From exiftool man:
exiftool '-Directory<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y/%m/%d dir
Move all files in "dir" into a directory hierarchy based on year,
month and day of "DateTimeOriginal". ie) This command would move
the file "dir/image.jpg" with a "DateTimeOriginal" of "2005:10:12
16:05:56" to "2005/10/12/image.jpg".
Then import to dt.
Appears exiv2 offers the same capability:
mv | rename Rename files and/or set file timestamps according to the
Exif create timestamp. The filename format can be set
with -r format, timestamp options are -controlled with
-t and -T.
I use a card-reader rather than depleting my camera bateries which are
rather expensive.
I adhere to the *nix philosophy, singular utilities excellently performing
specific operations rather than do-it-all programs which offer what *they
belive you need (windoz anyone). I use dt to refine my photos and save
them to more usable formats rather than as a file-manager, etc.
Dt accomplishes much but expect it to be expert at *developing*
photographs rather than at file manipulations, tagging and adjusting exif
information, ..... One of the *major* pluses for *nix systems is the
*many* ways to accomplish a task.
And you can completely script your photo import/hierarchy operations
providing consistancy.
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