Simple photo cataloguer
Just copy/hardlink photos (or video, or any other files) from one place to
another, separating them in sub-directories like $ROOT/year/month/day/.
TL;DR
I have a smartphone, I have a Syncthing uugh... SmartThing and all photos
from smartphone nicely synced to my PC without my attention. But I can't just
keep all photos in synced folder: if I'll clean my phone memory - all photos
from pc will be cleaned too. I need to not forget copy files in another
place before cleaning phone's memory. Also, I can't just drop all photos in
one dir - I will not find anything there later, and a folder with thousands
photos looks like a bad idea from either side.
So I create this tool in one evening. All it does - copy (or create hardlinks for)
files from one place to another, creating basic date-aware directories
structure for that files.
Installing
go install github.com/derfenix/photocatalog/cmd/photocatalog@latest
Optionally you could copy created binary from the GO's bin path to system or user $PATH, e.g. /usr/local/bin/.
sudo cp ${GOPATH}/bin/photocatalog /usr/local/bin/photocatalog
Supported formats
At this moment supported jpeg files with filled exif data or any other
files but with names matching pattern yyymmdd_HHMMSS.ext. Such
names format applied by android's camera software (I guess all cams
use this format, fix me if I'm wrong).
There is no support for changing names format without modifying source code at this time.
Usage
One-shot
Copy files (make a COW if fs supports it)
photocalog -mode copy -target ./photos/ ./sync/photos/*
Create hardlinks (only withing one disk partition)
photocalog -mode hardlink -target ./photos/ ./sync/photos/*
or
photocalog -target ./photos/ ./sync/photos/*
Monitor
Copy files (make a COW if fs supports it)
photocalog -mode copy -target ./photos -monitor ./sync/photos/*
Create hardlinks (only withing one disk partition)
photocalog -mode hardlink -target ./photos/ -monitor ./sync/photos/
or
photocalog -target ./photos/ -monitor ./sync/photos/
Install and run monitor service
Systemd
sh ./init/install_service.sh systemd
This command will install unit file, create stub for its config and open
editor to allow you edit configuration. Config file stored at
$HOME/.config/photocatalog.
Then enable and start service
systemctl --user enable --now photocatalog
That's all. Now, if any file will be placed in directory, specified as MONITOR
in config file, this file will be copied or hardlinked into the target dir
under corresponding sub-dir.
FAQ
Why this tool was created if there is awesome XXX tool?
I had two good reasons:
- I wanted
- I can