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[Ken Seehart <kenseehart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about keeping a session file in the target directory which contains
metadata:  timestamp, sufficient information to resume a session that
ended.

if a session file exists in the target directory:
    if the session metadata matches the current batch specification (actions, parameters, etc):
        resume the batch
    else:
        ask the user what to do, and do it
else:
    write a session file in the target directory,
    do the batch
    
delete the session file (after finishing a batch)

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performance: check for existing files *before* doing the processing on a picture
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497594
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Status in Phatch = Photo & Batch!: Confirmed
Status in “phatch” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: phatch

Currently, if you uncheck the "Overwrite existing images" option, phatch still processes the image before trying to check if it should be saved or not.

I know this is not easy to fix, but ideally, when I have a thousand images to process and launch the batch job multiple times, it should just continue where it left off, without reprocessing images that already have an existing output file.