Realized I had a perfect test case right here: - merge without moving, LR just updates the database with the information for the off-line files.
- merge with a move: LR updates the DB and tries to move the files, then posts a notice that the off-line files could not be moved. The off line locations are added to the folder panel. Test done with LR 5.6. > On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll test that when I get home this evening. Obviously if you're telling LR > to move the originals somewhere, it's going to complain if the originals > aren't accessible. But if you're merging one catalog into another and leaving > the files in place, it should be able to do that by updating the path > references in the db. > > Godfrey > > On Oct 8, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> One more question: >>> 3. When merging the catalogs, - do I need to have all the files available >>> (i.e. to have all the external drives attached)? >>> I vaguely remember that when I was importing a catalog, LR warned me >>> something about the missing files, but I don't remember what. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
