Handling of Duplicate Files

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[Originally posted by majormojo on 2006-06-01 02:51:07-07]

Love the tool...

My Problem:
I have a large collection of .nef files that I would like to organize based on the original creation time like so: exiftool -r -d %Y/%m/%d/image_%H%M%S.%%e "-filename&ltfilemodifydate" DIR, however, as with many new slr's these days, I have many shots that are taken within the same second.  My current workflow includes Nikon View which will rename the files and append an increment at the end of the file if it finds a duplicate.  I am looking for something that will allow me to avoid having to "cleanup" the images left behind after running exiftool.

I believe a proposed enhancement from a previous post (http://www.cpanforum.com/posts/2219) would allow the combination of both datetime elements as well as those of other tags such as subsectime, thereby solving the duplicate issue the correct way.

Thanks in advance, I've barely touched on the great functionality in this tool.  And better yet, it's command-line in Windows!

J

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-06-01 11:16:57-07]

Yes, this is on my list of things to do (now a little bit higher on the list).  But adding the ability to combine tags won't solve the problem for all cameras, since some don't set the sub-second times.  An option to append a number to the end of the name would solve this, but it isn't a very elegant solution.  I'll think about this some more.

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-06-07 17:46:39-07]

I have implemented this feature.  See my comments in the previous thread for more details.

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[Originally posted by majormojo on 2006-06-12 02:40:38-07]

Fantastic!
Thank you for speeding up the development of this much needed feature!
How do I get my hands on that release?  Is there a stable release coming soon?
Thanks again,
j

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-06-12 11:27:12-07]

You can download it from the ExifTool home page.  This is a development release, but it should be stable.  However, the next production release won't be far off...

- Phil