Hi Mathieu, Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I think I was over thinking the solution. :) The analogy I had in my head was how I think of arrays vs slices in golang. I think of the Array as the source of truth, and slices as a view/window into the array. Similarily, I was thinking about making my Perkeepd on my NAS the source of truth (like an array), and the perkeepd on my laptop(s) as views (slices) of the blobs on the NAS. What I realized, it that I have always played with perkeepd running locally and a separate instance somewhere else. Now I am thinking that i can have perkeepd on my NAS, and the laptops just have pk-* binaries. With the config files pointing to the perkeepd on NAS, I should be closer to what I want. I will play around with this idea and see how far I get. Oh, when I sync-ing, I really mean just keeping replicas of blobs that matches the query on the laptops. Regards, .v “We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self destruction.”― Suzanne Collins <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins>, *Mockingjay <https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/8812783>* Seeking ... On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 8:09 PM Mathieu Lonjaret <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 at 19:57, Vilito Exquisitus > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Hello, > > > I have been monitoring and playing with Perkeep on and off since about > 2016. > > > > However, I am now seriously considering setting Perkeep, but I have a > few questions. > > > > I should mention that the problem I am really trying to solve is how to > keep a subset of my files on my laptop, while having a much larger set on > my NAS. > > > > Here are my questions: > > > > I have thousands of pictures for my wife on my NAS, but it is too much > to keep a copy on her laptop. But she needs to access a set of pics to edit > or to create printable albums. > > > > Q: Would it be possible for me to use Perkeep on her laptop to sync only > the files that matches a search? > > > > Say the search query is for all pics between x to y and tag > 'review=false'. That way, she can see which photos she needs to work on, > and when she is finished she can tag them as 'reviewed=true' or something > and they would be removed from her laptop, but still be in the Perkeep blob > store on the NAS. > > I'm not sure what you mean by sync, but I think there are at least a > couple of more or less direct workflows that could resemble what you > want. > 1) use the web UI to search what you want, select them all, download > them to laptop, work on them, upload the modifications. > 2) '' > , create a root that contains all the selected > items, use that root with cammount. that would get you a filesystem > view of only the items your searched for. Then you can do you work > directly on them. > > > > > Currently, our NAS mobile app uploads photos to the NAS to separate > directories. I would like the same thing with Perkeep, but keep our photos > and files separate. As before, my wife files will sync to her computer and > tagged as 'reviewed=false'. Once she reviews/edit it, it can be tagged as > 'reviewed=true'. > > > > Q: Is it possible to use one perkeepd to store both of our files, but > still keep them separate? That way we can share what we want to. Currently, > we do this with our NAS team folder feature where we have a family share > that keeps things in sync on our respective devices.[1] > > As it is, perkeepd does not support multi-users. You might be able to > get away with 2 perkeepd storing at the same place but that is asking > for trouble I think. > So I'd recommend instead: > 1) Either you use only one perkeep instance and you're both the same > user (i.e. same GPG key), and you set the boundary with tags, or sets, > etc. If you don't mind being able to see each other's things, that's > the easiest, both for you and the system. > 2) Or you run 2 instances, one for each of you, and you share things > with each other via share claims. The drawback is more resource use, > and the fact that to actually see whatever you share with each other, > you have to first import what they share with you (except when it's > just one image), because there's no easy way (yet) to visualize a > bunch of shared things right now. So, what they share with you, you > either import as files with pk-get (and then maybe push them to your > instance if you want afterwards), or you import them directly to your > instance through the web UI. > > > While Synology makes sharing very easy, it doesn't have a way to sync > files matching some criteria/tags. > > > > Thanks, > > hth, > Mathieu > > > > > .v > > > > [1] - Synology NAS Drive - > https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/file_sharing > > > > Seeking ... > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Perkeep" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Perkeep" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Perkeep" group. 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