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@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Industries Association) specification number CP-3461.
 The DCF specification is why your digital camera puts images and videos in
 `DCIM` and `PRIVATE/M4ROOT` directories on the memory card.
 
+# status
+
+incomplete, under development, does not work yet
+
 # why
 
 I wanted to copy images off my memory cards for processing and like