NAME

p800exif - add the date encoded in a P800 picture filename to the file

USAGE

p800exif [-v] [--make make] [--model model] [--rights rights] [--artist artist] [--exif] [--timestamp] [--preserve] filename...

DESCRIPTION

p800exif attaches the timestamp encoded in the filename of pictures created with a Sony Ericsson P800 camera phone to the file as EXIF information in the image file or as the file's modification time.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

A filename.

OPTIONS

--make, --brand

Store the make or brand of the device that created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to "Sony Ericsson".

--model

Store the model of the device that created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to "P800".

--rights

Store the rights for the image in the EXIF data, defaults to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

--artist

Store the name of the artist who created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to $USER.

--exif

Store EXIF data.

--timestamp

Change the timestamp of the file to the date and time encoded in the filename.

--preserve

Change only the date part in the modification date while preserving the time part.

-?, -h, --help

Show help

-m, --man

Show manpage

-v, --verbose

Be more verbose

--version

Show version and license

FILES

p800exif_log.conf

Configuration file for Log::Log4perl

DIAGNOSTICS

An error is thrown when a date can not be extracted from the filename:

  • Could not parse year character

    (E) The character encoding the year is not in the required range

  • Could not parse month character

    (E) The character encoding the month is not in the required range

  • Could not parse day character

    (E) The character encoding the day of the month is not in the required range

  • Could not parse hour character

    (E) The character encoding the hour of the day is not in the required range

  • No date found in filename

    (E) The filename does not contain a valid encoded date

  • Filename is not set, nothing to extract

    (E) No filename was passed to the program

  • Could not print

    (E) The output could not be printed

EXAMPLES

p800exif 36LC0079.jpg

DEPENDENCIES

Perl 5.14.0, Date::Extract:P800Picture, Image::ExifTool, File::Basename, File::stat, File::Slurp, Getopt::Long, Log::Log4perl, Pod::Usage::CommandLine

EXIT STATUS

0

Success.

2

Unknown option specified.

255

An error occurred.

CONFIGURATION

Log::Log4perl logging can be configured in p800exif_log.conf.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

When inserting the EXIF data the DPI values as displayed in Apple OS X Finder Info change from 72 to 1. The JFIF density values are not affected.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests at Bitbucket.

AUTHOR

Roland van Ipenburg, <roland@rolandvanipenburg.com>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2021 by Roland van Ipenburg

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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