Prepare Items for DSpace ItemUpdate - Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer GitHub Wiki

DSpace provides a command line tool itemupdate.

https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC3x/Updating+Items+via+Simple+Archive+Format#UpdatingItemsviaSimpleArchiveFormat-ItemUpdateCommands

Here is the usage information from the itemupdate command

Examples:
  adding metadata:     ItemUpdate -e [email protected] -s sourcedir -a dc.contributor -a dc.subject 
  deleting metadata:   ItemUpdate -e [email protected] -s sourcedir -d dc.description.other
  adding bitstreams:   ItemUpdate -e [email protected] -s sourcedir -A -i dc.identifier
  deleting bitstreams: ItemUpdate -e [email protected] -s sourcedir -D ORIGINAL

The FileAnalyzer can be used to facilitate the creation of a sourcedir needed for this command.

Create Item Update Folders - Add Bitstreams

Input File Description

Starting with an input file (csv format) containing the following fields

Item Handle
File name (relative to the input file)
Bundle name
Bitstream description to assign

Sample File

item,FileName,Bundle,Description
10822.1/4048,finding-aid.png,ORIGINAL,xxx
10822.1/4048,finding-aid2.png,A,xxx
10822.1/4047,finding-aid.png,ORIGINAL,xxx

The FileAnalyzer task "Create Item Update Folders" will read this file and construct a source directory that can be used as input to the itemupdate command.

Sample command

dspace itemupdate -e [email protected] -s itemupdate -A -i dc.identifier.uri

Sample Screenshot

Create Item Update Folders - Delete Bitstreams