--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "chipandfamily" <chipandfamily@...> wrote:
>
> I've just put Ubuntu 64bit 10.00 linux onto my dell laptop, and
> absolutely am loving it! It's much faster then the windows vista
> that it originally came with (and less faulty, I've only had to
> re-boot Ubuntu once compared to the ten or fifteen times with
> windows in one month). Question:
>
> I'm not sure how to write scripts for my computer. I've read the
> help books, and I must admit that I'm no programmer and it makes no
> sense.
Then maybe you should look for an already built, open-source utility
to do what you want?
>
> What I'm trying to do is this:
>
> I just bought my wife an LCD picture frame. Each time we have new
> files, I want to have a script that will search the directory where
> all my photographs are at,
So may I assume you always dump your photos to the same directory?
> and then copy it over to the SD card all
> the while ignoring the new photos.
Lost me at the word "it". I am not sure what "it" refers to. Most
likely would be "new photographs"="it" but that is not clear
especially when I get to "all the while ignoring the new photos."
> Also, i would want the script
> to move the photos from its subdirectories and move them to the
> Photos main directory and erase the subdirectories.
>
> I have no idea where to begin on something like this, so any help
> would definitely be appreciated.
>
> Merry Christmas, y'all.
>
> Chip
>
Let me try and summarize what I think you are asking. You want a
script that does the following:
1. Finds new photos you have dumped to a common place.
2. Copies these to an SD card
3. Move these new photos from any sub-directories created by the
camera/photo software to one single directory.
4. Remove the directories that were created by the original camera/
photo software.
I can't imagine why you would want all of your digital photos in
one big directory as that would be a mess to manage. Again, I would
like to suggest looking for free or open-source software that might
do what you want in a couple of steps plus allow you to organize
your photographs.
Loyal
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