Hello Vera,
Thanks for the help. I only managed to give it a try now. I am in 0.8.1.
Unfortunately it doesn't work. After I change the Library Location to
the new Pictures directory and mark the Watch Library option... it shows
up on the bottom "Updating Library" and then it stops. Nothing happens.
Restarting doesn't work. The paths for the photos in the database are
still /home/pmatos/... (previous path) since now should be /home/photos/...
I can't really remember the correct sql... but I am sure it is possible
to mass change the paths from /home/pmatos/... to /home/photos/...
directly on the database.
Any tips?
On 02/02/11 01:14, Vera Yin wrote:
Hi Paulo,
Which version of Shotwell are you using? I believe in 0.8.1 you can do
the following:
1) move the .shotwell and Pictures directories to the new locations
2) launch Shotwell specifying the .shotwell location with -d (or as
user 'photos'). At this point your entire library (if previously all
located in ~pmatos/Pictures) will be on the Missing Photos page.
3) go to Edit->Preferences and change the Library Location to the new
Pictures directory
4) under the Library Location enable 'Watch library directory for new
files'. Now Shotwell should find and restore everything from Missing
Photos to the Photo library.
Regards,
Vera
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Paulo J. Matos<[email protected]> wrote:
That's great to know. What's the best way to move an existing database and
photo archive into a new directory?
I want to move ~pmatos/.shotwell and ~pmatos/Pictures into ~photos/.shotwell
and ~photos/Pictures respectively.
Any tips?
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