[Digikam-users] Moving files outside digikam / digikam automation

[Anders Lund]

Mandag den 30. januar 2012 21:58:15 Ben Staude skrev:
> Hi all,
> 
> is it safe to move files and/or folders around within the digiKam root
> directory using bash, perl and the like? Do I get exactly the same entries
> in the database as if I moved them around from within digikam, or will
> there be additional "garbage" entries or duplicates in the database that
> wouldn't exist when using digiKam for moving files around? Will all
> metadata always survive such action (metadata not saved to images)?
> 
> Background: I'm looking for ways to automate the process of dividing big
> folders (like 2GB of images coming from SD card) into small ones. My
> approach currently would be to write a script that is called via RMB->"Open
> With" on multiple selected images (like all pictures of a single birthday,
> holiday trip, ...) and moves these selected images to a folder that is
> automagically created by the script.
> If there's any better solution for automation tasks like this, please let me
> know! I'm afraid there is no such thing like a perl interface for digikam?
> :(
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Ben

Digikam importing have an option to make date based albums, it that can help 
:)

Anders