On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:13:09 +0100 Bernhard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Patrick Shanahan schrieb am 31.01.19 um 05:09: > >> I am trying to avoid check XMP each time DT starts as it takes quite some > >> time for my collection. > > if you NEVER have but one instance of dt running, should not be a problem. > > if fact, dt*should* insure that it's db cannot be utilized by more than > > one instance and you would be safe-guarded. I don't know if dt has that > > check and, if not, perhaps you should issue a feature request via redmon. > > > this should be ok since ~/.config/darktable/data.db.lock and > ~/.config/darktable/library.db.lock are created when you open an > instance of dt. > So dt should complain if you try to open a second instance with access > to the same database and config. It doesn't work over network (on different computers) because DT code checks for existence of PID: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/blob/master/src/common/database.c So I guess currently there's no guard against 2 darktables running on different PCs accessing the same database on network share. > > -- > > regards > Bernhard > > https://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]
