From a3a8a7311137a6eba149f921aed8f0297dcfb047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephan Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:01:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improved usage description. --- README.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1f7f6a4..02e7859 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ -Photosync copies all you photos (or other files) to a new destination folder. +Photosync copies all you photos to a new destination folder. -It separates them into folders of the structure yyyy/yyyy_mm_dd/ in the target folder. when setting an ssh server, the target folder may exist there. +## what it does +It separates the photos into folders of the structure yyyy/yyyy_mm_dd/ in the target folder, using exif data from the file. When setting an ssh server, the target folder may exist there. It can change the prefix from the generic "IMG_" to something you like. I use that to distinguish photos taken with different cameras, my daughters or my wifes… Optionally a "last" symlink identifies the latest file of the last run, so not everything in the source folder is copied or checked against the target again. + +## how to use +Configure your target using the [photosync.conf](photosync.conf) example. On the command line use the parameter -c to set that file as parameter and -f to set the source folder. +``` +$ ./photosync.sh -c photosync.conf -f ./my_photo_mix +```