On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 11:27, Mark Paine wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone knew how to extract information from jpegs > > such as when the image was created? I have been told that the info is > > there and some doze s/w can extract it.My photos now have various file > > creation dates so I would prefer to get the original shot date/time if > > it is available. > > > > ie does this sort of thing exist? > > > >>getjpegdata -datecreated photo.jpg > > > > date created: 14/10/1066
Some jpeg files do and some don't contain the information. An old (1997) Sony does not, but my later camera files do contain the information. For some scripts to extract and manipulate, see http://www.varp.net/photos/iOta.html HTH, Alan > > A possibility is jhead at <http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/>. Came > across it the other day when looking at gallery. Of course, it only works > with an exif jpeg file. > > Mark P. > -- > ..sig - TBA > CBR AU > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
