Tim Starling responded:
importImages.php will not meet your requirements.
Thanks Tim. But importImages.php will be fine if we forget about image history, correct? Is it better to do:
1. importImages.php first, followed by importDump.php of all articles in the File namespace? or 2. importDump.php first, followed by importImages.php --overwrite?
There are a number of MediaWiki developers who may be able to write such a script for you, for a fee.
Heh... like me. :-) I just hoped to find something already working.
DanB