Hi all,
I am thinking about changing the way I manage my pictures. I do photo
editing on both my laptop and my desktop, both running Ubuntu. My desktop
system is running Ubuntu LTS 12.04, and when my laptop hard drive crashed I
decided I would try Ubuntu 12.10.
Anyway, the laptop crash was a great data loss for me, but not a total one.
I had been backing up all the data files I work with on a regular basis,
but it depended on me actually running an rsync command which would back-up
all the files onto the desktop/server system.
The data loss happened in a particularly bad way this time, I had spent the
day doing graphic art and I neglected to backup the photos & art from the
weekend, and then in the evening before I was done my day, before I ran my
backup, the laptop got slight knock and the drive died. 100% data loss.
How does this relate to my question on Libraries? Well I am looking at
different solutions for how to sync my files now that are automated, and in
real time. As soon as I get home my laptop will automatically connect and
synchronize my folders. But because the laptop has much less storage than
my desktop, it will always only ever contain a subset of the pictures I may
be working on at any given time.
So my solution requires that I setup a "Working Directory" for my pictures
that will be shared between machines as well as a "Archive Directory" for a
complete set of my photos to be on the desktop. The desktop also has 3
full backups of the photos on several hard disks for the sake of redundancy.
What I'd like to do know is, if I begin to use the "Working" and the
"Archive" folder method is it possible to tell Darktable where the files
have moved to after I make the move? Or is this something I'm going to
have to manage by running two library.db files, and then removing all the
pictures from one film roll and then adding it again to the "Archive"
library.db.
Is it possible for me to update the library.db with a script to make sure
those files are found the next time I open DT?
Best Regards,
John P Santos
Digital Media Consultant
*Green Bee Media*
greenbeemedia.com
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