Ways to Perfect my MP3 Backup

[Joshua Oreman]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:31:03PM +0200 or thereabouts, -- at FreeBSD.ORG seemed to write:
> 
> Hello ,)-
> 
> I am in the below directory, trying to perfect my MP3 albums before I back them all up
> for my FreeBSD 5.1 upgrade. I need a script to enter each directory, run `cfv -v -C -t md5 *.mp3'
> and turn the produced *md5 checksum file into a 00*md5 matching pattern of the mandatory 00*nfo.
> Then, do `ls *mp3 > 00*m3u' matching the same pattern. Finally, strip ^M and trailing whitespace
> from the 00*nfo. Exit the directory, enter next ...

I think this should do the trick. Make sure to fill in the blanks, so to speak.

#! /bin/sh
# mp3 backup helper

for dir in *; do
	OLDWD=`pwd`
	cd $dir
	cfv -v -C -t md5 *.mp3
	[do what you want after cfv part, i didn't understand that part about matching pattern]
	perl -pi.orig 's/[\012\s]+$//' 00*nfo
	cd $OLDWD
done

-- Josh

> 
> /usr/home/johann/nfs/backup/mp3
> +-----hiphop
> |      +-----9th_wonder-gods_stepson-cd-2003-jce
> |      +-----arsonists-as_the_world_burns-final-1999-apc
> |      +-----beat_junkies-wild_stylus-cd-2003-sol
> |      +-----classified-now_whut-ep-1999-ftd
> |      +-----diaz-velkommen_hjem_andres-no-2003-wlm
> |      +-----dj_jazzy_jeff-the_magnificent-2002-esc
> |      +-----equicez-state_of_emergency-generation_equiz-no-retail-2003-esc
> |      +-----filthy-volume_001-2003-ftd
> |      +-----hydroponic_sound_system-routine_insanity-2000-cms
> |      +-----ill_mitch-punch_while_rap-2002-ftd
> |      +-----jay_dee-vintage-2003-cms
> |      +-----jay_dee_and_madlib-are_jaylib-2003-ego
> |      +-----johnny_five-summer-2002-cms
> |      +-----julius_papp-lazy_daze_vol_6-mixtape-1998-cms
> |      +-----lone_catalysts_feat_talib_kewli_and_rubix-due_process-vls-2002-cms
> |      +-----lowd-calligraphy-vls-2002-ftd
> |      +-----mc_solaar-obsolete-cdm2-fr-1994-0mni
> |      +-----sam_the_kid-beats_vol_1-amor-2001-sns
> 
> The final result should look like this:
> 
> # ls
> 00-jay_dee_and_madlib-are_jaylib-ego.m3u
> 00-jay_dee_and_madlib-are_jaylib-ego.md5
> 00-jay_dee_and_madlib-are_jaylib-ego.nfo
> 01-jay_dee_and_madlib-intro-ego.mp3
> 02-jay_dee_and_madlib-boom_bip-ego.mp3
> 03-jay_dee_and_madlib-the_jam-ego.mp3
> 04-jay_dee_and_madlib-now_you_know-ego.mp3
> 05-jay_dee_and_madlib-bitches_niggas_want-ego.mp3
> 06-jay_dee_and_madlib-dubz-ego.mp3
> 07-jay_dee_and_madlib-clap-ego.mp3
> 08-jay_dee_and_madlib-gorilla_shit-ego.mp3
> 09-jay_dee_and_madlib-different-ego.mp3
> 10-jay_dee_and_madlib-la_la_la-ego.mp3
> 11-jay_dee_and_madlib-smootherness-ego.mp3
> 12-jay_dee_and_madlib-sex_freaks_feat_quasimoto-ego.mp3
> 13-jay_dee_and_madlib-spelling_b-ego.mp3
> 14-jay_dee_and_madlib-dee_and_lib_go_to_bed-ego.mp3
> 15-jay_dee_and_madlib-bonus_track_1-ego.mp3
> 16-jay_dee_and_madlib-bonus_track_2-ego.mp3
> 
> I really hope someone out there are able to help me.
> Doing this manually would take too much time, and I don't have so much left in this country.
> 
> Thanks,
> ==j
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