---
name: "convert-lodju1-to-lodju2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lodju"
version: "2.2-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/convert-lodju1-to-lodju2"
---

# convert-lodju1-to-lodju2(1)

convert Lodju 1 index file to Lodju 2 format

## NAME

convert-lodju1-to-lodju2 - convert Lodju 1 index file to Lodju 2 format

## SYNOPSIS

**convert-lodju1-to-lodju2** *old-file* *new-directory*

## DESCRIPTION

**lodju** is a tool for organizing a collection of digital photographs and for making a web gallery of some of them.

The first versions of Lodju (1.0 and 1.1) uses a plain file as an index. The images are kept in their original locations. To speed things up, especially as far as thumbnail handling is concerned, Lodju version 2 uses a directory instead of a plain file, and stores the images and their thumbnails in that directory in addition to the index file.

This script converts a Lodju 1 index file to a Lodju 2 directory. It does not actually copy the images, however. You need to open up the directory with Lodju 2 and use the "Photo/Import missing" menu command to do the importing.

## SEE ALSO

[**lodju**(1)](/lodju/1.md)