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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Populating a remote piwigo instance with thumbnails
+# Usefull for first import of a large photo archive which is
+# then served from a low performance device (e.g. Raspberry Pi)
+
+# TODO Adjust password in the line where sshfs is mounted
+# TODO Adjust following directories to fit your needs
+
+remotePhotoRoot="/var/www/piwigo/_data/i/network/network"
+networkPhotoRoot="/home/network/Bilder/photos/"
+localTemp="/tmp/piwiTemp/"
+piwigoThumbRoot="/tmp/piwiMnt/"
+sshfsAccess="user@host"
+
+if [ "$1" == "" ]
+then
+  echo "Subfolder must be provided!"
+  echo "Source: $networkPhotoRoot"
+  echo "Remote: ${remotePhotoRoot}[subfolder]"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+subDir="$1/"
+
+if [ ! -e ${networkPhotoRoot}${subDir} ]
+then
+  echo "${networkPhotoRoot}${subDir} not found"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "${localTemp}" "${piwigoThumbRoot}"
+
+./piwigo_thumbgen.sh "${networkPhotoRoot}${subDir}" "${localTemp}${subDir}"
+
+if [[ -z $(mount | grep ${piwigoThumbRoot}) ]]
+then
+  echo "mounting $piwigoThumbRoot..." 
+  sshfs ${sshfsAccess}:${remotePhotoRoot} ${piwigoThumbRoot} -o password_stdin <<< "-change me-"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -z $(mount | grep ${piwigoThumbRoot}) ]]
+then
+  echo "copying thumbnails to webserver..." 
+  rsync --ignore-existing -r "${localTemp}${subDir}" "${piwigoThumbRoot}${subDir}"
+fi
+
+echo "chown -R www-data: ${remotePhotoRoot}/${subDir} (on your webserver)"
+echo "Symlink network drive on webserver (e.g. /var/www/piwigo/network/network/${subDir})"
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to continue"
+
+echo -e -n "\nUpdating gallery..."
+
+./piwirefresh.sh && echo "Ok"
+
+echo "Don't forget to sudo umount ${piwigoThumbRoot}"
+exit 0;