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commit 22fdb4ee4a3543120385b6233d7803c7176af10b
parent 45781c322dbd9524e129090b8c66958a6daf0a90
Author: breadcat <peter@minskio.co.uk>
Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:29:13 +0000

Improve empty folder deletion section

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content/posts/notes-on-sorting-photos.md
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diff --git a/content/posts/notes-on-sorting-photos.md b/content/posts/notes-on-sorting-photos.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Now we can invoke `phockup` to sort and move the source files to the destination
 phockup phone/DCIM/Camera/ pictures/personal/photos/ -m
 mv phone/Pictures/Screenshots/* pictures/personal/screenshots/ -v
 rm -rf phone/DCIM/.thumbnails
-find phone -maxdepth 2 -empty -delete
+find phone -maxdepth 2 -type d -not -path "*/\.*" -empty -delete
 ```
 I also move my screenshots, as I like these being backed up but I don't care about how they're sorted.
 I also delete unused thumbnails and empty folders, just to keep things tidy.
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ jdupes pictures/personal -rd
 ```
 
 And you're done.
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+* **Edit 2020-10-26:** Improved empty directory deletion section