Re: Batch file rename extension

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

Hi Lev,

Bengt wrote a similar extension that would fit your needs, or that
should be a good start for your own.

s

On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 10:23 +0400, Lev Danielyan wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> 
> I'm new to this community, so let me introduce myself, I'm Lev, 27 y.o. 
> and work as a verification engineer.
> 
> I've been using f-spot for a while now to organize the huge collection 
> of my photos, mainly my kids ;)
> The only thing I am missing here is, actually, a batch rename 
> functionality with some fancy stuff like embedding
> exif info into the file name, like date etc.
> 
> So I started writing an extension. And this is where I need you help.
> The main file operations I plan will be renaming the files inplace, 
> rename-copy to destination and rename-move to destination.
> 
> The problem is that the selected files that I grab from the main f-spot 
> window will eventually get changed (in terms of file name) and the db 
> will need to be changed also,
> so I plan to have a checkbox to give users an option to "reimport" the 
> changed files into the DB.
> And the question is what would be the correct way to do it? Some code 
> snippet would be very valuable :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Lev
> 
> PS. I hope I made my point clear :)
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