On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 12:37:38 +0000 Francesco Scaglioni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > >> > >> If I ask DT to import recursively eg 2013 it will load the images > >> from all sub-folders. If I then ask DT to copy or move them to a > >> new 2013 destination it will do so but the folder structure below > >> the original 2013 is not recreated in the new target folder and > >> all images end up getting placed in the new 2013 folder root. > >> > >> With images going back to 2003, generally 12 sub-folders per year > >> and then sub-sub folders below that doing the whole thing one > >> folder at a time would be a real PITA. > >> > >> Googling the issue resulted in a post from 2014 that suggested > >> manually editing the DB to change image paths - again, not only > >> does this sound risky but would need to be done for every folder > >> thus not much to gain over using the GUI. What I was looking for > >> was a way to eg select 2013/* and move it en bloc whilst > >> preserving the existing directory structure below 2013. > > > > > > Francesco, did you try creating the file system first? Then try > > moving recursively. > > > > > > I'll give it a go but that would still mean manually creating aprox > 300 folders ( I have no scripting ability and it is far too many > years since I last wrote any perl to remeber how to do it ) > > Cheers > > Francesco > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > Would it work to copy/move the old file structure to the new HDD and let DT rebuild the DB? ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
