Christophe,
On 03/14/2011 06:47 AM, Christophe Brocas wrote:
Hello
I would like to use an external USB hard disk to store both my photo library AND
the shotwell database.
By this way I would be able to have with me always my library and an updated
version of my database on any computer I plug my external USB HD.
Is it possible to do it ? Is there a way to indicate to shotwell from the
command line the location of the database and of the photos library ?
You can specify the database location on the command line: see
http://yorba.org/shotwell/help/other-multiple.html
The database holds the path of each photo in the library, so if you're
using the same USB hard disk with multiple computers then you'll need to
make sure that it's mounted at the same location on each machine -
otherwise Shotwell will report all your photos missing at startup.
The library location itself (which appears in the Preferences dialog as
"Import photos to:") is stored in GConf and can't be specified on the
command line. It might be nice if Shotwell had a separate library
directory for each database you use but unfortunately that's not
implemented yet (see http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2146). The library
directory is really only relevant when importing, so if you're simply
browsing your photos on various computers it shouldn't matter much if
it's not set correctly on every machine. If you're importing on various
computers, however, you'll need to set the library directory in the
Shotwell preferences on each machine you use.
Hope this helps!
adam
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