Why not use the OS to take care of this? Create a directory on the new drive, move the collection, create a symlink or mount your new file system so that it appears at the same path as the old one. Of course you can use the symlink approach even for partial moves.
Kofa On 9 May 2016 20:51, "Bernhard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pascal Obry schrieb am 09.05.2016 um 18:05: > >> Le lundi 09 mai 2016 à 07:55 -0700, [email protected] a écrit : >> >>> I didn't realize that, since the 'no file manager' policy, I didn't >>> even think of it. >>> >> Ah ah! That's not really a file manager as there is no notion of >> directory. You just move around *selected* pictures to some other >> collections (places). The target collection can already exists or is a >> new one created from the dialog. >> > This is handy with small numbers of pictures, e. g. from an import, if you > want to integrate them into your collection structure. > > If you want to move a complete archive with thousands of images in folders > and subfolders this is a sisyphos approach. > You'd better move the complete archive from your old hard drive to the new > - hopefully bigger - one with a file manager. > > If you start darktable afterwards and go to the "collect images" module in > lighttable and select "folders" instead of "film roll" you find the old > folder of the archive crossed out. Right click brings up a menu to point > darktable to the new location of the archive - it will then update the > database. > > -- > > regards > Bernhard > > http://www.bilddateien.de > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
