# BINS

## Name

bins_edit -- Set fields in XML picture description files for BINS

## Synopsis

bins_edit [`-a` | `--album`] [`-m` | `--html`] [`-t `title`` | `--title `title``] [`-e `event`` | `--event `event``] [`-l `location`` | `--location `location``] [`-p `people`` | `--people `people``] [`-y `date`` | `--date `date``] [`-d `description`` | `--description `description``] [`--longdesc `longDescription``] [`--shortdesc `shortDescription``] [`--sample `pictureFileName``] [`-g `tag`=`value`` | `--generic `tag`=`value``] [`-h` | `--help`] [`-v` | `--verbose`] [`-q` | `--quiet`] [`file`] [`files`...]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the bins_edit command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in HTML in `/usr/share/doc/bins/index.html` as well as a `--help` option.

bins_edit sets values in the XML picture description files that bins(1) uses to generate galleries.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

`file`

  By default, `file` is the filename of the XML file with the image properties. If the argument has no `.xml` suffix, it is added, so you can directly give picture names on the command line. Spaces and other special characters (even newlines) can be used in values given as parameters as long as they are enclosed between quotes.

  If the `--album` option is given, the filename refers to the directory of images, and the `album.xml` in that directory will be modified instead.

`-a`, `--album`

  edit album description (instead of the default of editing the image description.) In this case, the file parameter must be the source directory of the album. Only the `--title`, `--longdesc`, `--shortdesc` and `--sample` switches make sense with this option.

`-m`, `--html`

  input value will be interpreted as HTML code, thus, no HTML encoding or quoting will be done.

`-t `title``, `--title `title``

  Set the title (of an image.)

`-e `event``, `--event `event``

  Set the event name (of an album or image.)

`-l `location``, `--location `location``

  Set the location (of an image.)

`-p `people``, `--people `people``

  Set the list of people (of an image.)

`-y `date``, `--date `date``

  Set the date (of an image.)

`-d `description``, `--description `description``

  Set the description (of an image.)

`--longdesc `longDescription``

  Set the long description (of an album.)

`--shortdesc `shortDescription``

  Set the short description (of an album.)

`--sample `pictureFileName``

  Select the sample picture, within this album, to be used on the album list (template `subalbum.html`.) Note that the filename is relative to the album directory, and thus doesn't have a directory component.

`-g `tag`=`value``, `--generic `tag`=`value``

  This lets you set arbitrary fields in the relevant XML file (of the image or the album.) Generic tags appear inside `description` which appears inside `image`; the `tag` appears as the `name` attribute of a `field` element, and the `value` appears as the content of the element.

`-h`, `--help`

  Gives quick help (which this man page is based on.)

`-v`, `--verbose`

  This switch can appear several times to increase verbosity level.

`-q`, `--quiet`

  Suppress output.

## EXAMPLES

Set the title of the `Image.jpg` file to "My picture":

bins_edit -t "My picture" Image.jpg

Set the title and location of all JPEG pictures in the directory:

bins_edit --title Holiday --location Paris *.jpg

Use of HTML values:

bins_edit --html --description '<b>BINS</b> is cool' file.jpg

Set the title short description and sample image of the album in the current directory (note the dot as final parameter):

bins_edit -a -t "My Album" --sample image.jpg --shortdesc "This is my album" .

## SEE ALSO

bins (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mark W. Eichin `<eichin@thok.org>` for the Debian system (but may be used by others). As it is mostly derived from the `bins_edit` program itself, it is covered by the GNU General Public License.