I don't know where else to ask this!

[seth]

I am getting a LOT of files with extensions of both .jpg_original and .xmp_original along with there original counterparts.  Of course they don't show in the database, but they are loading up hard drive space.

The best I can find in Google is that they may be a by-product of Exif.  So......

Are they necessary to keep?

Is there a way to stop that without being detrimental to the DB information?

If I were to delete one or the other, which one?  The .xmp or the .xmp_original?  Likewise for jpegs.

[JohnZeman]

Are you running any scripts that use ExifTool?  If so you need to instruct ExifTool in those scripts to overwrite the original otherwise each time it saves a copy of the original jpg file (xmp file for images that use xmp files) with those extensions.

[Mario]

John is right. These files are created by ExifTool when the overwrite_original option is not used.

If you run scripts which run ExifTool, or you are using the ExifTool command processor, make sure that this option is always included.

See http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/exiftool_pod.html for details.