[TYPO3-english] Adding TIF files to FAL per script (preprocess)

[Bert Hiddink [BENDOO e-work solutions]]

Hello,

I am facing the scenario that I have to make a 2000 tif images (10-20MB) 
avaiblable within TYPO3 so these can be added to content elements, news, 
etc.

Is there a way to import these images to the sys_file-tables (FAL) on 
beforehand by a separate script so that the conversion not has to be 
done during the first page load?

Thanks in advance for any ideas...

Regards,
Bert