File Names on Import

[Mick Sulley]

I have taken out the [dir] and it now behaves as it did previously, just 
what I wanted.

Thanks for your help

Mick

On 29/06/2023 11:33, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> The [dir] option might behave differently since digiKam-8.0.0, we now rename
> the images after import so that the directory name is the current one
> imported. So the same behavior if you renamed manually after the import. The
> reason we do it is because after the import we have all the metadata
> available, so things like the date are correct.
>
> Maik
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> Am Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2023, 12:10:34 CEST schrieb Mick Sulley:
>> In the Import> Cameras window, under Customise I have PIC[date][dir]
>>
>> I will play around with it to investigate a bit more to see if I can
>> provide a bit more info.
>>
>> Mick
>>
>> On 28/06/2023 18:49, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>> I can't reproduce any bug here at digiKam-8.1.0 at the moment. What is
>>> your
>>> rename string exactly?
>>>
>>> Maik
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 28. Juni 2023, 17:50:56 CEST schrieb Mick Sulley:
>>>> I've been using DK for ages, I have a Sony A7 and when importing, under
>>>> Customise it it set to PIC[date][dir]
>>>>
>>>> This used to result in files with name format PICYYYYMMDDTHHMMSS.ARW for
>>>> raw and PICYYYYMMDDTHHMMSS.JPG for jpegs
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure when the change occurred but now I get
>>>>
>>>> PICYYYYMMDDTHHMMSS100MSDCF.ARW for raw,
>>>>
>>>> sometimes PICYYYYMMDDTHHMMSSARW.ARW and PICYYYYMMDDTHHMMSS100MSDCF.JPG
>>>> for jpegs.
>>>>
>>>> It's not a major problem as I can just select all and rename but I
>>>> wondered why it has changed.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running DK8 on Linux Mint but some of them may have been imported
>>>> with DK 7.9
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Mick
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