Re: Appending to a collection, merging collections, or just "restoring" db-files

gift-add-collection.pl would need much more than just a --no-thumbs  
option to become perfect for MY very specific needs.

I would need a --no-reindex option to keep it from reextracting  
features if I have the fts files already.
I would need a --append option to make it append to a collection  
instead of replacing the collection (as it does today).
I would need a --no-image-paths option to make it not store the image  
paths in the url2fts.xml file, since I just need the image names to  
be presented by the gift server.
I would need a --minimize-downtime option to first extract features,  
then recreate the url2fts.xml file into a tmp dir, then create the db  
and mrml files into a tmp directory, and then moving the finished  
files into the correct places (as atomically as possible) just before  
it restarts the gift server.


gift-add-collction.pl is a very useful tool to get started, and to  
try to follow what goes on in the indexing phase. A --no-thumbs  
option would probably be useful for many people, but the other  
options I would need is probably quite specific to what I feel I need.
Also, I need to fit the indexing into a routine where I also handle  
keywords and other metadata, so I will need to write my own tools  
anyway.

But, I'll think about adding a --no-thumbnails option to gift-add- 
collction.pl. After all I haven't really contributed to this project  
yet, and I think it is about time I do.

I hope I will have some spare time to spend on the GIFT during this  
weekend.

/Jonas





Wolfgang Müller wrote:

> On Monday 28 August 2006 22:37, Jonas Lindqvist wrote:
>> I certainly won't use gift-add-
>> collection.pl once I get around to writing my own script that fits MY
>> needs better. (no thumbnails + appending to a collection, for  
>> example)
>
> Why not add a --no-thumbnails option?
>
> Cheers,
> Wolfgang
>
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> LS Medieninformatik
> Universität Bamberg
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