-_

Spaces in picture names are converted to '_' by default, as are umlauts and special characters - K<E2>t<E2> becomes Kata. You can turn this feature off with this switch.

-a

Check all files (regardless of extension). If you have pictures named pic.001, pic.002 or something similar. Not needed any more for sorting collections with different file types.

-b

Always delete bad files (see below).

-exyz

Set file extension to xyz (instead of jpg). So you can sort collections of wavelet or fractal compressed pictures in the future ! :)

-K

Kill duplicate CSV-files (see below).

-l

Don't write a logfile. By default, a lot of info is written to "scansort.log" in the current path.

-L

Write lower-case file names (forces all filenames to lowercase).

-Le

Write lower-case file extensions names (forces all file extensions to lowercase).

-M

Give help on model collections.

-m

Move files (erase source files). All files you already have in your collection are deleted from the source path (those you don't have are copied and then deleted - if the copying was succesful).

-R

Do not recurse the given paths (search subdirectories) when searching for pictures (added by request).

-r

Give help on reports.

-sNAME

Process single collection NAME -s* means "all collections". If you use a config file with this option, the collections listed in the config file are ignored and only those on the command line are processed.

-T

Touch pictures (set to current date/time) when moving into collection.

-t

Give help on trading.

-u

No uppercase for DOS-Filenames. By default, filenames with 8 or less characters ("DOS-Names") are converted to uppercase. This switch turns this feature off.

-v

More verbose messages (rather obsolete...).

-xi

Make nested directories for collections, for example Scanmaster_Index is put into the directory "ScanmasterIndex" and "ScanmasterExtras" into "ScanmasterExtras".

-xu

Include the names of unused CSVs in the log file.

You can use a ~ to represent your home directory under both UNIX and Win32. Under Win32 you need to set the HOME environment variable manually for this to work.

-dbDIR

Set directory where bad pictures go to (instead of "BadPictures").

-dcDIR

Set directory for CSV-files to DIR.

(default: path of config file)

-dpDIR

Set collection directory to DIR. You can override this by specifying an absolute path for the target in the config file. The pictures are copied to DIR/CollectionName.

(default: current dir)

-drDIR

Set directory for report files to DIR. You can override this by specifying an absolute path for the report in the config file.

(default: current dir)

-dsDIR

Set source directory for files to copied when trading.

(default: collection dir)

-dtDIR

Set trading directory for files generated or copied.

(default: current dir)

-dwDIR

Set directory where files go when they are deleted (the wastebasket). See below for more informaiton on the wastebasket.

ScanSort supports both Mastertech-style reports and its own (more flexible) reports. If you use -rM Mastertech-style reports will be produced, but if you use any of -r[hmiesa], ScanSort-style reports will be generated.

-rA

Report all collections in the config file, even the inactive ones (those of which you don't have any pictures).

-rb

Brief (don't include image descriptions).

-rc

CRC-check all files (SSLLOOWW). Use this only if you think your harddisk could be corrupt, or to verify a freshly burnt CD. Remember: ALL pictures were CRC-checked when they were added to the collection!

-rE

No empty reports: best used with -rmies (everything except the files you have). Then there won't be reports for complete collections showing just the summary.

-rf

Freshen: only create a report for a collection for which new pictures were added, or for which the report was missing or older than the CSV. Needed to keep a web page up to date (to see which reports have changed).

-rIsome_comment

Add "some_comment" to every report. This switch can only be used in the config file.

Mastertech-style reports (only have missing, name, length and description).

-rn

Add numbers of have/all to report names (results in CSA_239-240.txt, for example).

-rR

Recurse collection for report generation, like in versions before 1.61. This is not recommended and only needed if pictures were manually moved to subdirectories.

-rr

Don't generate reports. Now, what could this be good for? Well, I'm using -rmiesbofE in my config file, but don't want to generate reports in every run. So I can

a) use -rr in the command line to suppress them for one run.

b) use -rr in the config file to suppress them always and -rr in the command line to turn them back on (-rH and -rT will turn them on as well).

-rd

Create "descript.ion" files.

-rD

Create descript.ion as hidden files. descript.ion is only created if there ARE descriptions in the CSV! This is the same as -rd if you're using UNIX as UNIX has no concept of a "hidden" file without a dot as the first character in the name.

-rH

Create "have.txt" for multi-volume-spanning (see below).

-ro

Output the collection summary to the file "summary.txt" in the report path. (complete collections first, then the rest).

-rS

Print summary for every collection in table form on the screen, not only into the logfile.

-rT

Create an HTML table for my homepage. Don't know if anybody else can use this :-) It also creates the CSV zips I supply automatically. -rTv ("vacation") omits the links for the text files to offer only the CSVs. This option searches for a file "trade_tp.html" in the report directory and creates a file "trade.html" out of it. It compares line by line:

CHANGE-DATE - insert current date/time

COMPLETE-TABLE - insert table of complete collections

INCOMPLETE-TABLE - insert table of incomplete collections (you guessed that ;-) )

-rX

Export missing files into CSVs, one per collection.

-rx

Export all missing pictures into "missing.csv" to get a quick overview (only missing pictures from active collections, ie collections from which you have at least one picture).

When duplicate files are found, ScanSort moves them to a wastebasket directory rather than removing them from disk. Files that are damaged are moved to a "BadPictures" directory.

-B

If you use the option -B bad files are left alone completely (but still checked if they could be repaired).

-b

If you use the -b option bad files are never copied and always deleted (but first checked if they can be repaired).

-b40

Only copy bad files if their size is at least 40% of the original size, otherwise delete (with -m). This was the default behaviour until version 1.61, and was changed after someone lost a bunch of files with stupid names (there are lots of collections with pictures named "img0001", "img0002", ...). For example, use -b57 for 57%.

-w

Will turn off the wastebasket feature and have duplicate files really deleted.

-xbnn

Ignore bad files if the length of their name (excluding extension) is less than or equal to nn characters (for example, "-xb10" for 10 characters).

ScanSort allows you to have collections that span multiple disks so you can, for example, burn part of a collection to CD without having to worry about having duplicate files lying around.

-hhave1.txt

Imports a "havelist" from the file "have1.txt". This list contains size, CRC and name of files you have elsewhere, which are then registered as "already there". If these files come up again, they are NOT copied to the target path and deleted if you use -m.

-Hb

-rHb Will create a binary file have.bin which can be read with -h. Binary havelists are much faster than the text versions.

-hx

Ignore all havelists.

ScanSort has a number of features to assist with the trading of images between collectors.

-t

Help for trading.

-dt

Set trading directory for files generated or copied (default: current).

-ds

Set source directory for files to copied (default: collection dir). You can give either the full path including the name of the collection or just the collection base path. The standard collection dir is still searched, so you can keep part of your collection on CD and part on hard disk.

You can specify multiple source directories (each with -ds), but if you have spread your pictures over multiple CDs and you have only one drive, then you're out of luck :-[ (You have to run Scansort once for each CD, which is no problem since the still missing pictures are written to need.txt).

-ta

Make list "ask.txt" of files to 'a'sk the trader for.

-tm

Make list "missing.txt" of files 'm'issing in both collections. Use this to ask a third party for the pictures you both need.

-to

Make list "offer.txt" of files you can 'o'ffer to the trader.

-tgNR

Copy NR files you can offer to the trading directory (e.g. -tg20). Pics you have and the other misses are chosen at random and copied so that you can easily move them to a zip-file and 'g'ive them to the trader. If you don't give a number, or if the number is more than you can offer, all files are copied.

If the number is 500 or more it is interpreted as kilobytes, not pictures.

A file "need.txt" is written with all the pictures you have not sent yet so you don't lose track and send pictures twice! Use this file next time instead of the report. If "need.txt" exists already it is saved to "need.bak".

If any pictures were given the original report is DELETED, so you don't get confused later which files were given. (The remaining filenames are written to "need.txt").

-tzNR

Works only together with -tg. The files you give are not copied but stored in Zipfiles using InfoZip ("zip" must be in your PATH!) The number tells how many pictures will go into each zip. If the number is 500 or more it means maximum size in kilobytes per zip.

Files are zipped by alphabet, so the zipfiles may be below the size you specified. A logfile "zip.log" is written with the contents of every zipfile. If you run Scansort several times it always appends to this logfile, so you should delete it before you start.

Compression is turned on by default. To turn it off, type SET ZIPCMD=-0 (you can put this in your shell startup script if you like)

-tA, -tO, -tM, -tG

Same as -ta, -to, -tm, -tg, except that the collection name is appended to the name of the created text file. With -tGz, the zips are named "Collectionxx.zip" instead of "givexx.zip"

-tZname

Set the basename of the generated Zips to "name" instead of "give" (this is quite obsolete now; use -tGz instead).

-tF

Same, but don't check if files actually exist (makes a difference when you use multi-volume spanning).

-tf

Fake it (don't copy anything, useful to see how much would be copied).

-tr

Choose pictures at random (instead of from the beginning of the collection).

-tw

Trade 'w'hole collections. You need this if your partner wants a complete collection from you, and so you have no report. Use -tw and the name of the collection (e.g. Scanmaster) instead of the name of the report file.

-K

Delete ("'k'ill") all CSVs but the newest. A quick way to clean out old CSVs from your collection.

-Kr

Delete obsolete CSVs, rename current CSVs to the correct names.

ScanSort's model collection options allow you to organise your images by model name rather than by series. ScanSort will search through the descriptions in the CSVs, finding all images that fall within your search threshold.

-M

Give help on model collections.

-Ma

Create a Diashow list (AIS format) for use with ACDSee.

-MC

Create a CSV file with CRCs.

-Mc

Create a CSV file without CRCs (for a quick search through a collection).

-MmModel_Name

Specify the name of the model.

For example, to search your collection for Pam with a threshold of 60%:

scansort all.txt -MmPamela_Anderson

-MnNewName

Rename all pics if you don't like the sometimes strange names.

-Mp

Copy pics that fit. A directory Model_Name (given with the -Mm option) is created in the current dir (or in the directory given with -dt).

-Ca

Create CSV for all files in the current directory (not just pictures).

-Cc

Recalculate ALL CRCs (not only those of new files).

-CE

Create E-CSVs.

-Ce

Only existing files go to the CSV (by default non-existing entries are kept).

-Cr

Recurse the source directory when creating CSVs.

-Cu

No entries are removed, no new entries added. Entries without CRC are updated if the pic exists.