how to detect corrupted file

[plowmail2010 at gmail.com]

Re: "...recursive search on a set of folders?"

Do you mean operating on subfolders?

I looked at the exiv2 man page (https://exiv2.org/manpage.html), but I 
found no mention of recursion into subfolders.
Maybe it can generalize wildcards to include subfolders like this:  
\bin\exiv2.exe -pp -q C:\photos\*\*.jpg

Bob D

On 4/13/2023 7:02 AM, frederic chaume wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I found an option using exiv2 under windows
>
> >bin\exiv2.exe -pp -q P2280067_DxO-corrupted.jpg
> Exiv2 exception in print action for file P2280067_DxO-corrupted.jpg:
> P2280067_DxO-corrupted.jpg: The file contains data of an unknown image 
> type
>
> >bin\exiv2.exe -pp -q P2280067_DxO.jpg
> Preview 1: image/jpeg, 317x237 pixels, 17356 bytes
>
> >bin\exiv2.exe -pp -q .\P2280067.ORF
> Preview 1: image/jpeg, 160x120 pixels, 9080 bytes
> Preview 2: image/jpeg, 3200x2400 pixels, 1060974 bytes
>
> I think that could be a good solution to find corrupted jpeg. Based on 
> this I have some thought
> - as exiv2 is native with Digikam, I guess such error could be 
> visible? *Is there some "debug level" or some logs somewhere that 
> could report such errors ?*
> - I'm not expert on coding so don't know how to translate such command 
> to a recursive search on a set of folders?
> - seems to apply to raw also , but I don't have corrupted raw to 
> perform the test
>
> thanks to share your feedbacks and may be other option
>
> Frederic
>
>
>
>
> Le 11/04/2023 à 18:13, plowmail2010 at gmail.com a écrit :
>>
>> Yes, disk space can be a problem.  On the other hand, compare the 
>> cost of disks to the value of your files.  1 TB SSD's run about $65 
>> USD.  A 2 TB disk is about $60.
>> My search for "validate jpg files" revealed several candidates, but 
>> they seem intended for programmer/geek people.  For example, the JPG 
>> data begin with FFD8 hex and end with FFD9.  So all you need do is 
>> find or write a program to test for those values.  And sure enough, 
>> people have done that, if you can figure out how to build/install on 
>> unix/linux.
>> Maybe this repair site will help: 
>> https://online.officerecovery.com/pixrecovery/ I have not tried it.
>> (Confession: I am a former programmer/geek.  Now I am just a geek.)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On 4/11/2023 10:51 AM, frederic chaume wrote:
>>> I'm using FreefileSync each time I import new raw files. It includes 
>>> a version management, but I had to remove it the because of the disk 
>>> space used,  so today  I'm relying on the network trashbin plus a 
>>> regular backup on an another disk.
>>> But clearly not enough 🙁
>>>
>>> What could help is to be able to validate the integrity of the 
>>> collections and/or the backup. So if any idea is welcome
>>>
>>> Frederic
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 11/04/2023 à 16:34, plowmail2010 at gmail.com a écrit :
>>>> On 4/11/2023 6:30 AM, frederic chaume wrote:
>>>>> my concern is that running another backup may overwrite the 
>>>>> correct file by a acorrupted version, that's why I'm trying to 
>>>>> make a check before another backup
>>>>
>>>> Off on a tangent...
>>>> If your backup procedure can overwrite older backups, you need to 
>>>> use a better backup.
>>>> I, too, am a victim of Windows.
>>>> I use Macrium Reflect ($69 USD).
>>>> I don't know how to make it overwrite earlier backups. It's 
>>>> probably impossible.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>
>
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