* Bill Martz <[email protected]> [08-08-20 16:08]: > Thanks, Patrick, but I am already writing the xmps. What I meant was dt > crashes. This was the first time in a long time, but I hadn't closed it for > days, and all the importing I had done was lost. Lost in the sense that I > had to import each folder again, and then close dt so the importing would > stay in the database. I don't understand that dt doesn't write to the > database upon import. After a crash, when I open dt it displays the > contents of the folder that was open the last time I closed dt. All other > importing history is lost. > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:38 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > * Bill Martz <[email protected]> [08-08-20 14:17]: > > > Windows 10, dt 3.0.2 and V4 dev. version > > > > > > Crashes have been nonexistent more recently, and I have gotten out of the > > > habit of closing dt after importing folders/files. Earlier today dt V4 > > dev > > > crashed, and the importing history covering several folders was lost. Is > > > there some way to get this information written into the database without > > > having to close dt? > > > > turn on "write sidecar file for each image" > > config -> storage -> xmp > > > > sidecar files will be written as photos are imported. If you have a > > crash, ensuing imports will read the sidecar files which contain your > > image history/tags/... > > > > not running windows but cannot remember the last time I had a crash. > > > > -- > > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri > > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri > > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > [email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
No my experience, but I usually close dt after I finish a session or finish working for the day, unless exporting. I believe dt adds or stores events as they happen rather than on close or I don't understand your problem. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
