--- In [email protected], "chipandfamily" <chipandfam...@...> 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 ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
