If a file with the same name already exist, there is a base64 file comparison to ensure that the content is different, if it is different the image will by copied and get a new name (same as target + unique ID), if the content is the same the image is copied in a duplicate folder.Target_folder/YEAR/Year.Month/yearmonthday_hourminutesseconds.jpg The script will move and rename photos and videos in taget folder like this structure :.synology-photos-auto-sort.sh /volume1/Download/images_temp/ /volume1/photo synology-photos-auto-sort.sh /path_of_source_folder /path_of_destination_folderįull exemple. Add images and videos inside this folder.Create in your NAS a folder which would be the source folder of the script.The best way to install this tool is to add a new package sources from then you will have exiftool available as a package.

To work this script need exiftool installed on your NAS. I tested it on synology DSM6 and Debian 9, 10 and 11 with success. That means you can use this script in a Linux computer, MacOS, any other NAS working on Linux based system and even Windows with a Linux subsystem installed via WSL. This script is first writted to be used on a Synology NAS, but it will work on any System where bash and exiftool can be used. A script to rename, move and sort images and videos files from a source folder to a target folder.

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