jgitta
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77 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
# ownCloud Photo Organizer
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## Overview
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ownCloud's Android app does not support automatic year/month subfolder creation
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during instant upload (unlike Nextcloud). This script compensates by running
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nightly and sorting all uploaded photos and videos into a `YEAR/YEAR-MM/`
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folder structure.
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## Script
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**Location on server:** `/usr/local/bin/organize_photos.sh`
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**Source folder watched:**
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`/mnt/INTEL-SSD/ownCloud - Joe Gitta@cloud.jgitta.com/Personal/InstantUpload`
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**Subfolders processed:** `Camera`, `BlueIris`, `Facebook`, `scans`, `EufyVideoDir`
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**Supported file types:** jpg, jpeg, png, gif, heic, webp, bmp, tiff, mp4, mov, pdf
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## How It Works
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The script reads the date from each filename using these patterns (in order):
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1. `YYYYMMDD` embedded in the filename (e.g. `20231022_082107.jpg`)
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2. `YYYY-MM-DD` or `YYYY_MM_DD` format
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3. 13-digit Unix timestamp in milliseconds (e.g. `FB_IMG_1572815868839.jpg`)
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4. `MM_DD_YYYY` prefix (scans folder format, e.g. `06_11_2026_7_28_16_AM.pdf`)
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Files that don't match any pattern are moved to `_unsorted/` for manual review.
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## Output Structure
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```
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InstantUpload/
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└── Camera/
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├── 2023/
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│ ├── 2023-06/
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│ └── 2023-12/
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├── 2024/
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│ └── 2024-03/
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└── _unsorted/
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```
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## Cron Job
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Runs nightly at 2:00 AM as root:
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```
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0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/organize_photos.sh
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```
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To view or edit: `sudo crontab -e`
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## Log File
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Each run appends to `/var/log/organize_photos.log`:
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```
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=== 2026-06-14 02:00:01 Starting ===
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Moved: 12 Unsorted: 0 Skipped: 0 Errors: 0
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=== Done ===
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```
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Check the log anytime with:
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```bash
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cat /var/log/organize_photos.log
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```
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## Installation
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```bash
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sudo cp organize_photos.sh /usr/local/bin/organize_photos.sh
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sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/organize_photos.sh
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(sudo crontab -l; echo "0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/organize_photos.sh") | sudo crontab -
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```
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