NAME

thumbnail_index - make an HTML index file for a bunch of images

SYNOPSIS

thumbnail_index [-r] [-s size] [-c cols] [-i indexname]

DESCRIPTION

Run this script in a web directory consisting of all or mostly image files. It'll create an index.html of thumbnail images, putting the thumbnail files in a hidden subdirectory.

It avoids unnecessary work by comparing the dates on already existing thumbnail files and not re-creating them if the corresponding original has not changed.

It also refuses to overwrite an index.html file not created by this script.

OPTIONS

-r

Recursively makes index files for all subdirectories.

Specifies the size of the thumbnail image.

Default is 70 pixels. If you want to re-do an already indexed directory but use different size thumbnails, you have to remove the old thumbnails. An "rm -rf .thumbnails" should suffice.

-c

Specifies how many columns of images. Default is 5.

-i

Specifies the filename of the index file. Default is index.html (some sites use .index.html instead).

SEE ALSO

thumbnail_reap

AUTHOR

(C) 1995,1996 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@acme.com>. All rights reserved.