<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I generally script this kind of thing using the EPrints API, but id does have to be run on the command line of the server. I've done this quite a few times -- here's an example of one I did a couple of years ago:<div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://github.com/gobfrey/langsnap_eprints/blob/master/import_data.pl#L58">https://github.com/gobfrey/langsnap_eprints/blob/master/import_data.pl#L58</a><br><div><br></div><div>...lines 58 to 84 is the process of creating an eprint and attaching a file to it.</div><div><br></div><div>If you code, or have access to someone who codes, it's straightforwards. I'd be very happy to trade advice, code fragments and information for documentation on the EPrints wiki for the next person with this problem.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On 22 Jul 2015, at 22:52, Greg Whitney <<a href="mailto:greg.whitney@polymtl.ca">greg.whitney@polymtl.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">At Polytechnique Montreal Library, we are investigating the possibility of doing some retrospective scanning of our printed theses collection. I know that it is possible to load “bibliographic” records into EPrints, but is it also possible to batch import the PDF files themselves ??<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Greg Whitney<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Section Head, Technical & Computer Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Polytechnique Montréal Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">2500, chemin de Polytechnique<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Montréal, QC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Canada H3T-1J4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">514-340-5121 x4641 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">514-340-4026 (Fax)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="mailto:greg.whitney@polymtl.ca">greg.whitney@polymtl.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="204" height="106" id="_x0000_i1025" src="file:///C:/Users/Greg/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Signatures/greg%20w's%20card_files/Image001.png"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div>*** Options: <a href="http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech">http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech</a><br>*** Archive: <a href="http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/">http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/</a><br>*** EPrints community wiki: <a href="http://wiki.eprints.org/">http://wiki.eprints.org/</a><br>*** EPrints developers Forum: <a href="http://forum.eprints.org/">http://forum.eprints.org/</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>