How to *add* xattr information to existing files ..
Posted: 22 Jul 2020, 02:02
Is it possible to ADD xattr metadata to already sorted files?
If they do not already have xattr metadata, then the xattr script (fn:xattr) will not do much (since it only works on files that already have xattr)
The --apply metadata option seems to really be to create the .xattr folders for plex, not xattr metadata for additional processing by filebot.
Is the *best* option do a rename to itself? (assuming that will still add the xattr)
aka something like
filebot --q '380207' --db TheTVDB --action move -rename $SourceDir --format "$SourceDir/{fn}"
I have a number of directories that I have sorted that do not have filebot xattr, but I'd like to do some quality pruning where having the metadata on the file would be helpful for quality metrics based on episode number etc.
Thanks.
If they do not already have xattr metadata, then the xattr script (fn:xattr) will not do much (since it only works on files that already have xattr)
The --apply metadata option seems to really be to create the .xattr folders for plex, not xattr metadata for additional processing by filebot.
Is the *best* option do a rename to itself? (assuming that will still add the xattr)
aka something like
filebot --q '380207' --db TheTVDB --action move -rename $SourceDir --format "$SourceDir/{fn}"
I have a number of directories that I have sorted that do not have filebot xattr, but I'd like to do some quality pruning where having the metadata on the file would be helpful for quality metrics based on episode number etc.
Thanks.