Simple Program Help

[ahop]

I am a self-taught (amateur) programmer, sticking to PHP and javascript for web-programming. I suppose I could build the application I am looking for with PHP, but really my needs are for a very simple script. Here is what I am looking for:

I am looking to create a script that I can execute to pull all the images from my camera's SD card and save them in two places: (a) an external backup drive, (b) my local hard drive. I am not sure what language would be best, and if anyone can help me put together something, I would be very grateful.

The images are stored as
/path/to/SD/Card/101_0613/IMG00001.PEF
Note that the folder is saved with a number (101) followed by the month and date; file extension is capitalized

I would like them saved as
/path/to/local/drive/for/processing/IMG00001.pef and
/path/to/external/drive/for/archive/200906/IMG00001.pef
Note the folder has been changed to year and month; file extension is now lower case

If anyone has any thoughts on how to start (what language?) or any code snippets that would be awesome.

[Mirge]

If you're familiar with PHP already, use the PHP CLI to create a script that'll do it.

[soltanis]

A bash script would serve your purposes most easily (or a script written in whatever shell you use).

[ahop]

If you're familiar with PHP already, use the PHP CLI to create a script that'll do it.

Hmmm . . . what a brilliant idea. I have never really messed around with executing PHP from the command line before. What a whole new world of possibilities! Thanks :)

Here is what I came up with:



<?php

$year = date('Y', time());
$source = "/path/to/SD/Card/";
$archive = "/path/to/external/drive/for/archive/";
$process = "/path/to/local/drive/for/processing/";

if(is_dir($source)){
if($so = opendir($source)){
while(($folder = readdir($so))!== false){
if(preg_match('/[0-9]{3}_([0-9]{4})/', $folder, $date)){
@mkdir($archive . $year . $date[1], 0777);
@mkdir($process . $year . $date[1], 0777);
if($si = opendir($source . $folder)){
while(($file = readdir($si))!== false){
if(preg_match('/([a-zA-Z0-9]*)\\.PEF/', $file, $name)){
$newname = $name[1] . ".pef";
$from = $source . $folder . "/" . $file;
$to1 = $archive . $year . $date[1] . "/" . $newname;
$to2 = $process . $year . $date[1] . "/" . $newname;

echo "MOVING {$from} TO {$to1} . . .";
if(copy($from, $to1)){ echo "complete\n"; }
else{ echo "error\n"; }

echo "MOVING {$from} TO {$to2} . . .";
if(copy($from, $to2)){ echo "complete\n"; }
else{ echo "error\n"; }

echo "\n";
}
}
}
closedir($si);
}
}
closedir($so);
}
}
?>


I might still tweak it some, but for now it works pretty well. I welcome comments from anyone who has any ideas.

[Mirge]

Now re-create it using PHP-GTK (http://gtk.php.net/) or PHP-Qt (http://www.php-qt.org/).

Just kiddin :). Glad you got what you wanted done!

[ahop]

That's above my pay grade ;)

Thanks.