diff --git a/tools/md-thumb-backup.php b/tools/md-thumb-backup.php
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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+	if ($_SERVER["argc"]<4)
+	{
+		print "Usage: md-thumb-backup.php CSV_FILE GN_DATA_DIR BACKUP_DIR\n";
+		print "\tCSV_FILE:\t the CSV format file which contain id and uuid column\n";
+		print "\tGN_DATA_DIR:\t the old Geonetwork data directory\n";
+		print "\tBACKUP_DIR:\t the destincation directory to backup\n";
+		die();
+	}
+	$csv=$_SERVER["argv"][1];
+	$data_dir=$_SERVER["argv"][2];
+	$backup_dir=$_SERVER["argv"][3];
+	if (substr($data_dir,-1)!="/")
+		$data_dir.="/";
+	if (substr($backup_dir,-1)!="/")
+		$backup_dir.="/";	
+	$fp=fopen($csv,'rb');
+	$dus=fread($fp,filesize($csv));
+	fclose($fp);
+	$duuids=explode("\n",$dus);
+	foreach($duuids as $duuid1)
+	{
+		$duuid2=explode(";",$duuid1);
+		if ($duuid2[0]>0)
+		{
+			$dir=$data_dir.sprintf('%05d',floor(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100).'-'.sprintf('%05d',ceil(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100-1)."/".$duuid2[0];
+			print $dir."\n";
+			$newdir=$backup_dir.trim($duuid2[1]);
+			rename($dir,$newdir);
+		}
+	}
+?>
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diff --git a/tools/md-thumb-restore.php b/tools/md-thumb-restore.php
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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+	if ($_SERVER["argc"]<4)
+	{
+		print "Usage: md-thumb-restore.php CSV_FILE BACKUP_DIR GN_DATA_DIR\n";
+		print "\tCSV_FILE:\t the CSV format file which contain id and uuid column\n";
+		print "\tBACKUP_DIR:\t the destincation directory to backup\n";
+		print "\tGN_DATA_DIR:\t the old Geonetwork data directory\n";	
+		die();
+	}
+	$csv=$_SERVER["argv"][1];
+	$backup_dir=$_SERVER["argv"][2];
+	$data_dir=$_SERVER["argv"][3];
+	if (substr($data_dir,-1)!="/")
+		$data_dir.="/";
+	if (substr($backup_dir,-1)!="/")
+		$backup_dir.="/";
+	$fp=fopen($csv,'rb');
+	$dus=fread($fp,filesize($csv));
+	fclose($fp);
+	$duuids=explode("\n",$dus);
+	foreach($duuids as $duuid1)
+	{
+		$duuid2=explode(";",$duuid1);
+		if ($duuid2[0]>0)
+		{
+			$newdir=$data_dir.sprintf('%05d',floor(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100).'-'.sprintf('%05d',ceil(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100-1)."/".$duuid2[0];
+			print $dir."\n";
+			$dir=$backup_dir.trim($duuid2[1]);
+			rename($dir,$newdir);
+		}
+	}
+?>
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