* Ralf M. <[email protected]> [04-10-21 22:26]: > Thanks for testing. > Today I had some time to figure out why it works for you but not for me. > > "darktable -d all" didn't tell me anything (no debug messages at all). > > Trying out all sorts of combinations I finally found: > > Move doesn't move on Windows if > a) the destination directory is on a different drive > AND > b) the image file has the readonly attribute set. > > dt moves non-ro-images from one drive to another, and moves ro-images within > one drive, but the combination doesn't work: The image file is copied to the > destination, but the original and the sidecar file stay in the source > directory. > > It's strange as the Windows Explorer happily moves ro-files from one drive > to another without even asking for confirmation. > > I got what I wanted by temporarily removing the readonly attribute. > > Maybe this information is helpful to others. > > Best regards, > Ralf M. > > Am 06.04.2021 um 00:31 schrieb Terry Pinfold: > > I am using Windows build 3.4.1.1 and the function of move worked fine > > for me when I just tested it. > > > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 06:33, Guillermo Rozas <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Am I doing anything wrong? > > What is the correct procedure to achieve what I expected move to do? > > > > > > I'm using dt 3.4.1.1 on Windows. > > The images to be moved are TIFFs (film scans). > > Source and destination directory are on different volumes, i.e. > > the move > > means in reality copy and delete source. > > > > > > You're doing it right, and I just tested it on Linux and it works > > correctly. Maybe a Windows-related bug, but I can't confirm it as I > > don't have a darktable installation on Windows. > > > > Best regards, > > Guillermo > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:darktable-user%[email protected]> > >
and the action is quite expected read-only files may be copied but not removed or executed. that is the reason for "read-only" why are you giving read-only permissions to the files? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
