Le 14/03/2011 14:57, Adam Dingle a écrit : > 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!
Definitively Adam ! Thank you very much for this precise and clear description :-) Christophe > adam > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell -- Christophe Brocas CNAMTS/DDSI/MRSSI 12, allées Haussmann 33300 Bordeaux [email protected] 3072R/0x0661CBBA fixe +33(0)5.57.85.53.55 mob +33(0)6.77.05.19.01 ***************************************************** "Le contenu de ce courriel et ses éventuelles pièces jointes sont confidentiels. Ils s'adressent exclusivement à la personne destinataire. Si cet envoi ne vous est pas destiné, ou si vous l'avez reçu par erreur, et afin de ne pas violer le secret des correspondances, vous ne devez pas le transmettre à d'autres personnes ni le reproduire. Merci de le renvoyer à l'émetteur et de le détruire. Attention : L'organisme de l'émetteur du message ne pourra être tenu responsable de l'altération du présent courriel. Il appartient au destinataire de vérifier que les messages et pièces jointes reçus ne contiennent pas de virus. Les opinions contenues dans ce courriel et ses éventuelles pièces jointes sont celles de l'émetteur. Elles ne reflètent pas la position de l'organisme sauf s'il en est disposé autrement dans le présent courriel." ****************************************************** _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
