Re: [Flickrfs-users] Usage survey

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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 at 20:07, Dave Holland wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 05:40:54PM +0100, Eirik Hodne wrote:
>> Last thing I want to do is to sync the flickr stream to a local folder
>> so that the slideshow won't stop in case the connection is lost for
>> some reason. If anyone has done anything similar or have a brilliant
>> idea on the best way to do it, let me know.
>
> Perl's Net::Flickr::Backup module works for me. It produces a tree of
> folders rather than a single folder, but you can probably work around
> that with symlinks or something if you want a single folder.

I wrote a quick little script using the flickrAPI (that flickrfs uses) for
downloading particular streams or tagged photosets, which keeps track
of which photoids it has already downloaded.  You'd be welcome to a copy
if you want it, although it's just a quick hack with almost no docs and
isn't completely tested.

On the other hand, in theory you ought to just be able to use 'cp -ru' to
copy a flickrfs directory to a backup location in your 'real' file system,
thus downloading any new photos.  I say 'in theory' because when I tried
it random photos did not get copied correctly, and I don't yet know why.

--David