---
name: "bins_edit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bins"
version: "1.1.29-16"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bins_edit"
---

# bins\_edit(1)

Set fields in XML picture description files for BINS

## NAME

bins\_edit — Set fields in XML picture description files for BINS

## SYNOPSIS

**bins\_edit** \[**-a**  \| **--album** \]  \[**-m**  \| **--html** \]  \[**-t** *title  \|* **--title** *title \]  \[***-e** *event  \|* **--event** *event \]  \[***-l** *location  \|* **--location** *location \]  \[***-p** *people  \|* **--people** *people \]  \[***-y** *date  \|* **--date** *date \]  \[***-d** *description  \|* **--description** *description \]  \[***--longdesc** *longDescription\]  \[***--shortdesc** *shortDescription\]  \[***--sample** *pictureFileName\]  \[***-g**  *tag*=*value  \|* **--generic** *tag*=*value \]  \[***-h**  *\|* **--help** *\]  \[***-v**  *\|* **--verbose** *\]  \[***-q**  *\|* **--quiet** *\]  \[file*\]  \[*files* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **bins\_edit** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.  Instead, it has documentation in HTML in  **/usr/share/doc/bins/index.html** as well as a  **--help** option.

**bins\_edit** sets values in the XML  picture description files that [**bins**(1)](/bins/1.md) uses  to generate galleries.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- *file*

  By default, *file* is the  filename of the XML file with the image  properties.  If the argument has no  **.xml** suffix, it is added, so you can directly give  picture names on the command line.  Spaces and other  special characters (even newlines) can be used in values  given as parameters as long as they are enclosed between  quotes.

-

  If the **--album** option is given, the  filename refers to the directory of images, and the  **album.xml** in that directory will be  modified instead.

- **-a**

  - **--album**

  edit album description (instead of the default of  editing the image description.)  In this case, the file parameter must be the  source directory of the album.  Only the **--title**, **--longdesc**, **--shortdesc** and **--sample**                    switches make sense with this option.

- **-m**

  - **--html**

  input value will be interpreted as HTML code, thus,  no HTML encoding or quoting will be done.

- **-t** *title*

  - **--title** *title*

  Set the title (of an image.)

- **-e** *event*

  - **--event** *event*

  Set the event name (of an album or image.)

- **-l** *location*

  - **--location** *location*

  Set the location (of an image.)

- **-p** *people*

  - **--people** *people*

  Set the list of people (of an image.)

- **-y** *date*

  - **--date** *date*

  Set the date (of an image.)

- **-d** *description*

  - **--description** *description*

  Set the description (of an image.)

- **--longdesc** *longDescription*

  Set the long description (of an album.)

- **--shortdesc** *shortDescription*

  Set the short description (of an album.)

- **--sample** *pictureFileName*

  Select the sample picture, within this album, to be  used on the album list (template  **subalbum.html**.) Note that the  filename is relative to the album directory, and thus  doesn't have a directory component.

- **-g** *tag*=*value*

  - **--generic** *tag*=*value*

  This lets you set arbitrary fields in the relevant  XML file (of the image or the album.)  Generic tags appear inside **description** 	    which appears inside **image**; the  *tag* appears as the  **name** attribute of a  **field** element, and the  *value* appears as the content of  the element.

- **-h**

  - **--help**

  Gives quick help (which this man page is based on.)

- **-v**

  - **--verbose**

  This switch can appear several times to increase  verbosity level.

- **-q**

  - **--quiet**

  Suppress output.

## EXAMPLES

Set the title of the **Image.jpg** file to "My picture":

**bins\_edit -t "My picture" Image.jpg**

Set the title and location of all JPEG pictures in the directory:

**bins\_edit --title Holiday --location Paris \*.jpg**

Use of HTML values:

**bins\_edit --html --description '\<b\>BINS\</b\> is cool' file.jpg**

Set the title short description and sample image of the album   in the current directory (note the dot as final parameter):

**bins\_edit -a -t "My Album" --sample image.jpg --shortdesc "This is my album" .**

## SEE ALSO

bins (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mark W. Eichin eichin@thok.org for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  As it is  mostly derived from the **bins\_edit** program  itself, it is covered by the GNU General Public License.