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The arguments listed for the g2add.pl script were the following.
g2add.pl -l url -a album -u username -p password filenames [-c] [-q] files dirs

I initially entered the following:
./g2add.pl -a 'album name' -l http://localurl -u name -p pass /localdir

After receiving, album not found error, I added several print statements to the script, saw "album.name.1=6", and assumed that my album name was, in fact, 6.

After entering the following, I got further and received the could not create error.
./g2add.pl -a 6 -l http://localurl -u name -p pass /localdir

I also just realized that the version of the g2add.pl is Version: .08G2alpha. This was true of the all of the ones that I could find at the website. Could it be that I have the wrong version?

Lastly, I'm unable to use the "add from local server" option in g2 because it does not maintain the directory structure, by adding sub-albums. Is it possible that this option could be added in the future?

gallery-2.0-beta-1
gentoo kernel 2.6.11
mysql 4.0.24
perl v5.8.5.
apache 2.0.52
php 4.3.10
ffmpeg 0.4.7
netpbm 10.20
jhead 2.0

I downloaded the new g2add.pl script from http://galleryupdates.jpmullan.com/other/g2add.pl that was dated 03-26-2005 01:28:26 AM. I tried using the command unsuccessfully both ways: specifying the album name and "album id." I have included the output from both commands below.

I'm currently using gallery version: 2.0-beta-1. Do I need to use a later version for this to work?

Here's the output when specifying the album name

command:
./g2add.pl -a 'Members' -l http://url -u user -p password /picture-path

output:
Logging In
writing to log file
Logged In successfully
Fetching list of albums (may be slow)
Fetched list of albums.
#__GR2PROTO__
album.name.1=6
album.name.2=10
album.name.3=11
album.name.4=38
album.parent.1=0
album.parent.2=6
album.parent.3=6
album.parent.4=6
album.perms.add.1=false
album.perms.add.2=false
album.perms.add.3=false
album.perms.add.4=false
album.perms.create_sub.1=false
album.perms.create_sub.2=false
album.perms.create_sub.3=false
album.perms.create_sub.4=false
album.perms.del_alb.1=false
album.perms.del_alb.2=false
album.perms.del_alb.3=false
album.perms.del_alb.4=false
album.perms.write.1=false
album.perms.write.2=false
album.perms.write.3=false
album.perms.write.4=false
album.summary.1=
album.summary.2=
album.summary.3=
album.summary.4=
album.title.1=Gallery
album.title.2=Members
album.title.3=Curtis Johnson
album.title.4=Curtis Johnson
album_count=4
can_create_root=true
status=0
Album does not exist: Members

Here's the output when specifying the album id

command:
./g2add.pl -a 6 -l http://url -u user -p password /picture-path

output:
Logging In
writing to log file
Logged In successfully
Fetching list of albums (may be slow)
Fetched list of albums.
#__GR2PROTO__
album.name.1=6
Found album '6'
album.name.2=10
album.name.3=11
album.name.4=38
album.parent.1=0
album.parent.2=6
album.parent.3=6
album.parent.4=6
album.perms.add.1=false
album.perms.add.2=false
album.perms.add.3=false
album.perms.add.4=false
album.perms.create_sub.1=false
album.perms.create_sub.2=false
album.perms.create_sub.3=false
album.perms.create_sub.4=false
album.perms.del_alb.1=false
album.perms.del_alb.2=false
album.perms.del_alb.3=false
album.perms.del_alb.4=false
album.perms.write.1=false
album.perms.write.2=false
album.perms.write.3=false
album.perms.write.4=false
album.summary.1=
album.summary.2=
album.summary.3=
album.summary.4=
album.title.1=Gallery
album.title.2=Members
album.title.3=Curtis Johnson
album.title.4=Curtis Johnson
album_count=4
can_create_root=true
status=0
Ignoring /picture-path

What user are you trying to log in as? Does that user have permission to add to the root album?

Same thing happened to me. Here is a small patch to fix the "Album not found" problem for g2add.pl version .091G2alpha (the one available on jpmullan.com right now)

Regards,
Pablo Hoffman

--- g2add.pl.orig	2005-05-28 02:45:05.000000000 -0300
+++ g2add.pl	2005-10-04 09:18:28.259670528 -0300
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 #  derived from arguments
 my $gallery_location;
 my $gallery_albumid;
+my $this_albumid;
 my $gallery_username;
 my $gallery_password;
 my $gallery_setcaption;
@@ -393,16 +394,18 @@
 	my $number = shift(@foo);
 	if ($fieldname eq 'name') {
 	    $albums[$number]['name'] = join('=',@value);
+           $this_albumid = $albums[$number]['name'];
 	    push (@albumnames,join('=',@value));
-	    if ($gallery_albumid eq $albums[$number]['name']) {
-		$gallery_album_exists = 1;
-		if (!$gallery_runquiet) {
-		    print "Found album '$gallery_albumid'\n";
-		}
-	    }
 	}
 	if ($fieldname eq 'title') {
 	    $albums[$number]['title'] = join('=',@value);
+	    if ($gallery_albumid eq $albums[$number]['title']) {
+            if (!$gallery_runquiet) {
+                print "Found album '$gallery_albumid'\n";
+            }
+            $gallery_album_exists = 1;
+            $gallery_albumid = $this_albumid;
+	    }
 	}
 	if ($fieldname eq 'perms.add') {
 	    $albums[$number]['add'] = join('=',@value);