Bulk Upload

[bupesoneka]

I have over 2,000 manuals as PDF files created using flare. I have downloaded the Alfresco free trail to use as a tool for version control. Is this the right tool? what is the fastest way for me to upload a few hundred files to Alfresco. Will the program save the new files as new versions or would I need to go into each individual file and upload a new version?

[bupesoneka]

well i have read the tutorials on versioning and I have tried adding a 'V#' as instructed and that doesn't work as the file is no longer readable.

[mehe]

I cannot reproduce that - have you really tried like described? You wrote 'V#' should be 'v#', like above  ...v1 ...v2 ....v3

You only need the version files if you want to import more than one version in one import process.

[bupesoneka]

what I am trying to do is find out if there is a way to upload 2000 and 5 have amendments. is there a way for me to upload all the files and the 5 amended files to appear as v2 and not overwrite the old files?

I have tried to add 'v2' to the end of the files and that hasn't worked.

I have read the section on 'version history' but as I am new to the software I don't fully understand what i need to do. 

[mehe]

Maybe the explanation of Peter Monks, the original author of the import tool (afaik) is more detailed:

Preparing the Source Content · pmonks/alfresco-bulk-import Wiki · GitHub 

[mehe]

You can see the Version history (that means the older versions of the document and the metadata) on the documents detail page, at the bottom on the right.