File path conversions - Windows to Linux +GRAMPS

[Colin Law]

On 8 July 2010 01:27, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> While I'm in the process of upgrading my brother's WinXP computer, I've
> installed Gramps 3.2.3-1 so that he can compare/use. He currently uses
> Rootsmagic, so I exported as a GED and imported into Gramps. All is well
> on the Windows machine; all records came across (8758 people, 2145
> unique surnames) and the graphics (many) are appearing fine.
>
> I've exported the whole thing (including media) to a .gpkg (654.3MB) so
> that I can use on my linux systems. All of the entries came across w/o
> issues, but the problem is the media path/graphic naming conventions
> that he used. An example:
>
> C:\My Documents\My Pictures\<surname> Geneology\<surname>, <firstname>
> <middlename_or_initial> Certificate of Birth.jpg
>
> Some are even worse, and longer with added subfolders for individuals,
> pound (#) signs, etc., but that's pretty much convention he's used. Made
> sense to him so that he could easily look at the files in WinExplorer &
> see exactly what the files pertain to. Unfortunately the spaces, commas,
> periods, # signs et all are creating issues. My system reads them
> properly, i.e.:
>
> /home/<username>/<somename>_xml.gpkg.media/My Documents/My
> Pictures/<surname> Geneology/<surname>, <firstname>
> <middleinitial>/<sirname>, <firstname> <middleinitial>. Certificate of
> Birth.jpg
>
> But I'd like to figure out a way to clean all those up to no spaces,
> periods, commas, etc.
>
> Any suggestions on how I can batch convert all of those to
> path/filenames? Or am I doomed to having to go through each one
> individually?

Won't you have to modify the link to the file in the GED data as well
as renaming the file?  Or perhaps I misunderstand what is going on.

Colin