I don't recommend deleting files from the memory when copying to your
computer. Copy the files, then format it in camera.

Yes, memory cards (and flash memory) is much more reliable these days, but
statistics still favor the copy + format procedure.

Rafael

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 7:54 AM Hannu E K Nevalainen <ha...@minim.nu> wrote:

> Long time lurking member...
>
> For those inclined to do Bash-scripting, here a hint (excerpts from) on
> what i have active;
> Moving images from any temporarily mounted Flash-card to date-named
> folders/dirs
> *(manually started Bash script)*
>
>     todir='/ImageStore/%Y/%Y-%m-%d/RAW/%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Mm%Ss';
>     for dir in $( find 2>/dev/null  /media/$USER/*/DCIM   -maxdepth 0
> -type d -printf '%p\n' | tr ' ' '§');
>     do
>         ( exiftool -v -r -ext JPG -ext NEF -ext TIF -ext PNG -d "$todir" \
>         '-filename<${createdate}_${model;tr/
> /_/}-${ShutterCount;s/^.*(....)$/$1/}.${filetypeextension}'\
>          "$dir" ) 2>&1 | grep --color=auto -Ev '======== |Setting new
> values|Created directory ';
>
>         ...
>     done
>
> The copy-and-rename+delete is done by exiftool, making the images end up
> in a subfolder to /ImageStore/ (soft link to actual location)
>
> An image 'original' ends up in a subfolder named  YYYY/YY-MM-DD/RAW/ with
> a filename reflecting the Date&Time it was taken with the file's (4 last
> digits of) shuttercount and camera (DCIM subfolder) name appended.
>
> This is the way I've had it for 20+ years, over several different cameras.
> MTP-type (garbage) connection to the camera ? Use a card reader.
>
>
> /Hannu
>
>
> On 2023-07-18 21:04, Łukasz Karcz wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a [noob] question regarding importing the images from the memory
> card. Is there an option in dt for physically removing files directly from
> the memory card after [successful] import? If not, what's the default
> workflow for it? Manually deleting files from outside dt seems a bit
> cumbersome. Or maybe I don't understand something?
>
> ŁK
>
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