Thanks Matt. So, is there a way to now force the creation of sidecar files? Cheers, Bruce Williams.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Matt Maguire <matthew.magu...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020, 22:58 Subject: Re: [darktable-user] Linux question To: Bruce Williams <stu...@audio2u.com> Cc: darktable-user <darktable-user@lists.darktable.org> Bruce, I assume the edits are stored purely in the darktable sqlite db, in your .config folder, and the XMP don't exist anywhere on the system due to the permissions problem you mentioned. /Matt On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 22:54, Bruce Williams <stu...@audio2u.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I have a folder which I didn't realise had been created by another user > account on my linux box (ie: not @bruce) > I've just noticed that the RAW files in this folder do NOT have xmp > sidecar files sitting alongside them, and I assume that the reason for that > is that I imported them under my user account, and my user account didn't > have write privileges on the folder. > But those RAW files do have keywords and development settings, which means > that the xmp files have been written to some other location (because linux > is clever like that!). > Anyone know where those xmp files will be? > I've changed the owner of the folder now, and would like to move the xmp > files to the folder so they sit with the RAW files. > Cheers, > Bruce Williams > ------------------------------ > > brucewilliamsphotography.com > shuttersincpodcast.com > > e-mail <stu...@audio2u.com> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/@audio2u> | > LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/pub/bruce-williams/1/318/489> | Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/audio2u> | Soundcloud > <http://www.soundcloud.com/audio2u> | Quora > <https://www.quora.com/profile/Bruce-Williams-5> > ------------------------------ > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
