• Restore old photo

    From Davey@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 7 13:13:34 2022
    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I am
    looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail in a
    folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

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    Davey.

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 7 15:46:54 2022
    Am Mittwoch, 07. September 2022, um 13:13:34 Uhr schrieb Davey:

    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I am
    looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail in a
    folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

    You can't create the original picture from a thumbnail.

    You can use find to locate all pictures on that folder.
    This is the only way I know how to find it. I don't know a way to guess
    the file name from them thumbnail, but that doesn't mean, that such a
    way doesn't exist.

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  • From Chris Green@21:1/5 to Davey on Wed Sep 7 15:30:28 2022
    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I am
    looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail in a
    folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

    I'd guess the full-size image will have the same (or at least similar)
    name as the thumbnail but be in a different directory.

    So, if the thumbnail is img123456.jpg then do a find something like:-

    find xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david -name '*123456*'

    Put the real directory names in of course and tune the '*123456*' as
    required.

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to Chris Green on Wed Sep 7 17:23:37 2022
    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:30:28 +0100
    Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I
    am looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail
    in a folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

    I'd guess the full-size image will have the same (or at least similar)
    name as the thumbnail but be in a different directory.

    So, if the thumbnail is img123456.jpg then do a find something like:-

    find xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david -name '*123456*'

    Put the real directory names in of course and tune the '*123456*' as required.


    Hmm, that sounds likely. I'll give it a try and see what happens.
    Thanks.
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    Davey.

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Wed Sep 7 17:25:26 2022
    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:46:54 +0200
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote:

    Am Mittwoch, 07. September 2022, um 13:13:34 Uhr schrieb Davey:

    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I
    am looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail
    in a folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

    You can't create the original picture from a thumbnail.

    I know, that's why I'm trying to find the full-size image.


    You can use find to locate all pictures on that folder.
    This is the only way I know how to find it. I don't know a way to
    guess the file name from them thumbnail, but that doesn't mean, that
    such a way doesn't exist.


    And that matches Chris Green's advice, so it must be the way to go.
    Thanks.
    --
    Davey.

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  • From Folderol@21:1/5 to Davey on Wed Sep 7 18:53:07 2022
    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 17:25:26 +0100
    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:

    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:46:54 +0200
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote:

    Am Mittwoch, 07. September 2022, um 13:13:34 Uhr schrieb Davey:

    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago. I
    am looking for one particular image, and I have found its thumbnail
    in a folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create thumbnails,
    but not to work with those already created.

    You can't create the original picture from a thumbnail.

    I know, that's why I'm trying to find the full-size image.


    You can use find to locate all pictures on that folder.
    This is the only way I know how to find it. I don't know a way to
    guess the file name from them thumbnail, but that doesn't mean, that
    such a way doesn't exist.


    And that matches Chris Green's advice, so it must be the way to go.
    Thanks.


    One thing to try is locate. If you haven't got it installed grab it off your distro, then as root:
    updatedb

    Once done as a normal user you can just enter:
    locate {some partial name} and it will list all occurrences across your entire system.

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    Basic

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to Folderol on Wed Sep 7 18:57:37 2022
    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 18:53:07 +0100
    Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> wrote:

    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 17:25:26 +0100
    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:

    On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:46:54 +0200
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote:

    Am Mittwoch, 07. September 2022, um 13:13:34 Uhr schrieb Davey:

    I have an old backup of my Hardy Heron setup, of some years ago.
    I am looking for one particular image, and I have found its
    thumbnail in a folder:
    xxx/Hardy_heron-backup/home/david/thumbnails/normal/*.png
    How do I locate the full-size image? What is it called?

    Any help most welcome. I can find lots of ways to create
    thumbnails, but not to work with those already created.

    You can't create the original picture from a thumbnail.

    I know, that's why I'm trying to find the full-size image.


    You can use find to locate all pictures on that folder.
    This is the only way I know how to find it. I don't know a way to
    guess the file name from them thumbnail, but that doesn't mean,
    that such a way doesn't exist.


    And that matches Chris Green's advice, so it must be the way to go.
    Thanks.


    One thing to try is locate. If you haven't got it installed grab it
    off your distro, then as root:
    updatedb

    Once done as a normal user you can just enter:
    locate {some partial name} and it will list all occurrences across
    your entire system.


    That sounds interesting, thanks.
    --
    Davey.

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