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

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

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.

A filename.

Store the make or brand of the device that created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to "Sony Ericsson".
Store the model of the device that created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to "P800".
Store the rights for the image in the EXIF data, defaults to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Store the name of the artist who created the image in the EXIF data, defaults to $USER.
Store EXIF data.
Change the timestamp of the file to the date and time encoded in the filename.
Change only the date part in the modification date while preserving the time part.
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An error is thrown when a date can't be extracted from the filename:
(E) The character encoding the year wasn't in the required range
(E) The character encoding the month wasn't in the required range
(E) The character encoding the day of the month wasn't in the required range
(E) The character encoding the hour of the day wasn't in the required range
(E) The filename doesn't contain a valid encoded date
(E) No filename was passed to the program
(E) The output could not be printed

p800exif 36LC0079.jpg

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


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

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.

Please report any bugs or feature requests at RT for rt.cpan.org.

Roland van Ipenburg, <ipenburg@xs4all.nl>

Copyright 2012 by Roland van Ipenburg
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