I'm copying images off my camera into a folder on the desktop.
i'm using the command.
find . name "*.JPG" -exec cp {} /[desktop]
however the files do not carry over the metadata for the original images. ie. All the pictures apear as taken the day i made this transfer.
Anyone know how to ensure the metadata is carried over also ?
Thanks,.
G
MacBook Pro, Terminal Shell scripting
What do you mean? Metadata about the time the picture is taken is stored within the file itself, which is not modified in anyway by the 'cp' command. If you are talking about the filesystem metadata (e.g., file creation date, permissions, etc.) then just add the '-p' option to cp.
Just to add to J D McIninch's answer, keep in mind the distinction between image metadata (eg, EXIF tags), which the system does not extract from the file, and the filesystem metadata (plus resource fork, if any), which cp copies with the -p option.
Image metadata is indexed by Spotlight (if compatible or the right plugin is installed); and you should be able to access it with your image manager.
To examine metadata indexed by Spotlight, use mlds. If you need a CLI tool to manipulate image metadata, you probably couldn't do much better than Phil Harvey's ExifTool
copying meta data when using cp in terminal
