A bash script to archive files from one directory to another using the creation date of each file.
Ideally suited to media items such a photos, which can be archived according to the date that they were taken. The archive date is sourced from the EXIF information of each file.
Download localarchive into /usr/local/bin so that it can be run from anywhere:-
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/madaboutbrighton/localarchive/master/localarchive -O /usr/local/bin/localarchive
sudo chmod a=rx /usr/local/bin/localarchivelocalarchive /foo/bar /my/archiveThis would copy all files with a matching format extension from /foo/bar to /my/archive
localarchive /foo/bar /my/archive/%Y/%mThis would copy, for example, a photo from /foo/bar that has an EXIF date taken of 24th July 2019 to /my/archive/2019/07
localarchive -rm /foo/bar /my/archive/%YThis would move all successfully processed files from /foo/bar and all its subdirectories to /my/archive grouping them by year.
localarchive -f "jpg,jpeg" /foo/bar /my/archiveThis would only process files with a jpg or jpeg file extension.
localarchive -fm -t "https://hooks.slack.com/services/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" /foo/bar /my/archiveThis would process the files and post a message on a Slack channel using the specified Webhook URL when the processing starts and stops.
The directory containing the files to be archived. This is required.
The directory where the files are to be archived to. This is required. If it does not already exist, the destination path will be created.
The path may contain date format codes, such as %Y, %m, %d, %h, %m, %s. The format codes are applied using the CreateDate, DateTimeOriginal, or FileModifyDate of each file.
Perform a trial run with no changes actually being made. Verbose output will be shown printed to the terminal.
Only files with the specified file extensions will be processed. Default is jpg,jpeg,png,mp4,avi,wmv,m4v,mov,heic.
Move each successfully processed file. Without this flag being set, each successfully processed file is copied instead of moved.
Service to notify when script begins and completes. Currently supports a Slack Webhook URL.
Subdirectories of the source path will be processed recursively. Without this flag being set, only files immediately within the source path will be processed.
Increase the amount of information printed to the terminal.