This script helps you organize media files in a Synology Photos Space by sorting them into yearly subdirectories.

At times, copying files from personal to shared space creates an unorganized cluster of media files. This script takes a directory and moves the images, movies, and videos created between a specified year and 1990 to their respective directories based on their creation year.

• Ensure that you have bash installed on your system. This script requires a bash shell to run.
• The script should be run as root or with sudo privileges to ensure it has the required permissions to move files around.
• The script uses the rsync command to move files. Ensure you have rsync installed on your system.

You can use the script by running the following command:

sudo bash /volume2/photo/copyfiles.sh  -d /volume2/photo  -n

Alternatively, you can set up a Synology task to automatically run the script for selected directories.

Here are the options you can use with the script:

• -d, --directory <path>: Specify the directory path.
• -h, --help: Display help message.
• -x, --debug: Print the first 100 files to be transferred from each year.
• -y, --yearnow <year>: Specify the current year (default: current year - 1).
• -n, --now: Start processing from the current year.

For example:

sudo bash /volume2/photo/copyfiles.sh -d /volume2/photo -n

In this example, the script will sort the media files located examaple: in /volume2/photo from the current year down to 1990.

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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