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<p>Just to add, your plan is one I've successfully put in to action many times.</p>
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<p>There are some flags to set for bin/import to allow this, --migration being a good catchall</p>
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Couldn't Greg create an EPrints XML file (by scripting in his favourite language) and use the EPrints import plugin (XML) to achieve the same result? Of course the files should be placed in the appropriate directory, pointed by the XML file. I'm asking that
because that's what I'm planning to do when migrating 10K+ records along with their files from my old DSpace repository, using a python script. If not, I'll be the next with the same problem, and don't take it as a motive to answer "NO" :):):).<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">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:
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<div>...lines 58 to 84 is the process of creating an eprint and attaching a file to it.</div>
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<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>
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<div>On 22 Jul 2015, at 22:52, Greg Whitney <<a href="mailto:greg.whitney@polymtl.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">greg.whitney@polymtl.ca</a>> wrote:</div>
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George Mamalakis
IT and Security Officer,
Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
PhD (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
MSc (Imperial College of London)
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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