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# Sort files recoverd by Photorec
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Photorec does a great job when recovering deleted files. But the result is a huge, unsorted, unnamed amount of files. Especially for external hard drives serving as backup of all the personal data, sortig them is an endless job.
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This program helps you sorting your files. First of all, the **files are copied to own folders for each file type**. Second, **jpgs are distinguished by the year** when they have been taken **and by the event**. We thereby define an event as a time span during them photos are taken. It has a delta of 4 days without a photo to another event.
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## Usage
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```python recovery.py <path to files recovered by Photorec> <destination>```
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This copies the recovered file to their file type folder in the destination directory. The recovered files are not modified. If a file already exists in the destination directory, it is skipped. Hence you can interrupt the process with Ctrl+C and continue afterwards.
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## Adjust event distance
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For the case you want to reduce or increase the timespan between events, simply adjust the variable ```minEventDelta``` in ```jpgHelper.py```. This variable contains the delta between events in seconds.
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