A third option (which does not involve any hand-hacking of the database) is to open the folders collection, right-click on the root folder containing all the misplaced images, and click "search filmroll...". This will bring up a dialog box in which you should select the new location of that same folder.
-- August Schwerdfeger aug...@schwerdfeger.name On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 6:02 PM Jean-Luc CECCOLI < jean-luc.cecc...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > > Message du 27/03/21 23:36 > > De : "Jean-Luc CECCOLI" > > A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > > Copie à : > > Objet : re: [darktable-user] changing directory > > > > > Message du 27/03/21 17:49 > > > De : "Jan Minekus" > > > A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > > > Copie à : > > > Objet : [darktable-user] changing directory > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > The drive letter of my darktable folder has changed when I did a new > > > install of my computer. All files have the same structure as before. > > > How can I change this? I would like to keep all the changes I made and > > > be able to go back to the original version of the files. > > > > > > In the darktablerc file I can change the entries containing the drive > > > letter. > > > Is there another way to do this? > > > In the preferences is no entry containing the path. > > > > > > I'm using windows 10 home 64 bits and darktable 3.4.1.1 > > > > > > -- > > > Kind regards, > > > Jan Minekus > > > > > Hello, > > > > Better go to windows drive manager and modify the letter so it matches > the previous one. > > > > Rgrds, > > > > J.-Luc > > Well, yes, of course, you can do that another way : directly within the db > - this is why I did not suggest it before. > 1- First of all, backup your library.db file > 2- open original library.db with any sql editor. > 3- go to the sql console window > 4- type the two following lines : > update film_rolls SET > folder = replace( folder, 'new_unwnated_path_to_the_files', > 'old_expected_path_to_the_files'); > Be aware to replace the values between single quotes by the actual ones ! > 5- execute the code > > But I still think acting directly on the drive letter is better and safer. > > Rgrds, > > J.-Luc > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > 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
