* Christian von Kietzell <[email protected]> [06-16-20 14:52]:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to mass import files into darktable's library from the
> command line?
> 
> I have a directory hierarchy with lots of pictures and I want the
> thumbnails created en masse once so that I don't have to wait while
> opening one of the folders.
> 
> Selecting each folder from the UI and waiting for the thumbnails to be
> created, then importing the next one, wait again, and so on is rather
> time consuming. So I'd rather do it in the background and do something
> else while that job is running.

open configure -> import
  select recursive directory trans...

open configure -> lighttable
  set desired number of directory levels to show in lists  

start your import from top of desired tree

not tested, but ...

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