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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hey Frédéric,<br>
      <br>
      The command I initially posted was essentially correct... it just
      pointed to the wrong file. As Gilles pointed out, in Windows
      ..\AppData\digikamrc is the config file to point to. So to launch
      my current copy, I ran:<br>
      <br>
      <font face="monospace">digiKam.exe --config C:\Users\<my
        username>\AppData\Local\digikamrc</font><br>
      <br>
      Nothing was created or broken. It just launched the current
      installation copy of DigiKam.  I'm still trying to figure out how
      to install & configure a 2nd copy to load a whole different
      library.<br>
      <br>
      On 4/8/2022 12:33 AM, Frédéric Da Vitoria wrote:<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello,<br>
        <br>
        Sorry to interfere here, but I am new to digiKam and I'd like to
        understand. Unfortunately, the digiKam documentation does not
        seem to mention command line options.<br>
        <br>
        So Gilles, are you saying that Shel should start digiKam with
        something like <br>
        <blockquote><font style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
            face="monospace">digikam.exe --config
            C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_config.cfg </font><span
            style="font-family:monospace">--database-directory </span><font
            style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
            face="monospace">C:\Users\<user>\Documents\new_digiKam_db.sqlite</font></blockquote>
        <font style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
          face="monospace">and that digiKam will create a new config
          file and a new database ?<br>
          <br>
          Other question: did starting digiKam as Shel did break
          anything ?<br>
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        Le 08/04/2022 à 08:57, Gilles Caulier a écrit :<br>
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        <div dir="auto">Not at all. Yolov config file is for face
          recognition…</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">The digiKam config file is named digikamrc </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">Gilles Caulier <br>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 8 avr. 2022 à
              08:41, Shel Ritter <<a
                href="mailto:shelritterbmw@yahoo.com"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">shelritterbmw@yahoo.com</a>>
              a écrit :<br>
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                <div>Thanks for the input Gilles. Looking into the
                  \AppData configuration folder, it seemed like the
                  config file would have been: yolov3-face.cfg <br>
                  <br>
                  <font style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
                    face="monospace"> Volume in drive C:<br>
                    <br>
                     Directory of
                    C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine<br>
                    <br>
                    10:34 PM    <DIR>          .<br>
                    10:34 PM    <DIR>          ..<br>
                    08:16 PM            28,092 deploy.prototxt<br>
                    10:34 PM                 0 dir.txt<br>
                    08:16 PM        31,510,785 openface_nn4.small2.v1.t7<br>
                    08:16 PM         5,351,047
                    res10_300x300_ssd_iter_140000_fp16.caffemodel<br>
                    08:16 PM        67,740,572 shapepredictor.dat<br>
                    08:16 PM             8,334 yolov3-face.cfg<br>
                    08:26 PM       246,305,388
                    yolov3-wider_16000.weights<br>
                       7 File(s)    350,944,218 bytes</font><br>
                  <br>
                  So I ran this, expecting to see my current
                  installation boot:<br>
                  <br>
                  <font style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0)"
                    face="monospace">digikam.exe --config
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam\facesengine\yolov3-face.cfg</font><br>
                  <br>
                  Instead DigiKam opened as if it was opening for the
                  1st time. It just wasn't recognizing yolov3-face.cfg
                  as a valid config file, and opened as a fresh
                  installation no matter what file I pointed it to. That
                  initial window that pops up refers to, "The new
                  location for configuration files is ~/Local Settings/
                  ~(old AppData/Local/). But the only Digikam files
                  there are 2 simple text files in the root
                  AppData/Local/ folder,  digikam_systemrc 45 KB and
                  digikamrc 88KB that the --config command ignores.<br>
                  <br>
                  I can't see any other locations where a valid config
                  file might be. And if the --help output for
                  --database-directory <dir> is referring to a
                  folder that should literally be named dir somewhere, I
                  couldn't find it.<br>
                  <br>
                  Admittedly I'm not great at the technical end of
                  things. 😉</div>
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                <div><br>
                  <br>
                  On 4/7/2022 10:07 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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                    <div>Hi,</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>the digiKam binary has few option from command
                      line to switch to a specific configuration file.
                      Under Linux it's easy to do :</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)">[gilles@localhost
                          8.x]$ digikam --help </span><br>
                        Usage: digikam [options] <br>
                        Professional Photo Management with the Power of
                        Open Source - A KDE Family Project <br>
                        <br>
                        Options: <br>
                         -h, --help                  Displays help on
                        commandline options. <br>
                         --help-all                  Displays help
                        including Qt specific options. <br>
                         -v, --version               Displays version
                        information. <br>
                         --author                    Show author
                        information. <br>
                         --license                   Show license
                        information. <br>
                         --desktopfile <file name>   The base file
                        name of the desktop entry for this <br>
                                                     application. <br>
                         --download-from <path>      Open camera
                        dialog at "path" <br>
                         --download-from-udi <udi>   Open camera
                        dialog for the device with Solid UDI <br>
                                                     "udi" <br>
                         --detect-camera             Automatically
                        detect and open a connected gphoto2 <br>
                                                     camera <br>
                         --database-directory <dir>  Start digikam
                        with the SQLite database file found <br>
                                                     in the directory
                        "dir" <br>
                         --config <config>           Start digikam
                        with the configuration file <br>
                                                     "config" <br>
                        [gilles@localhost 8.x]$ <br>
                      </span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
                      </span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace">The option
                        "<span style="font-family:monospace">--config
                          <config>" is the right one for your use
                          case. Look also "<span
                            style="font-family:monospace">--database-directory
                            <dir>".</span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace"><br>
                          </span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace">These options
                            are also available under Windows of course.
                            Just call digikam.exe from a simple Windows
                            batch script must do the stuff.</span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace"><br>
                          </span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace">Best</span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace"><br>
                          </span></span></span></div>
                    <div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
                          style="font-family:monospace"><span
                            style="font-family:monospace">Gilles Caulier<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 8 avr.
                      2022 à 05:18, Shel Ritter <<a
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                      a écrit :<br>
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                      <div> I've had a copy of Digikam installed and
                        working well on my Windows 7 PC for some time
                        now. Recently I find myself wanting a separate
                        copy of Digikam to incorporate an completely
                        different library of photos. Is that possible? <br>
                        <br>
                        I was wondering if that mcould be done by making
                        a copy of the
                        \<user>\AppData\Roaming\digikam folder,
                        and uninstalling the program, deleting (or just
                        moving) the original data folder, reinstalling
                        it, and importing a different folder &
                        sub-folders from a different file library. Then
                        just switch the 2 \AppData\ folders when I want
                        to switch between libraries. I'm guessing things
                        probably aren't that simple. Is the any chance
                        there's a more sophisticated method if possible
                        at all?<br>
                        <br>
                        I'm also wondering if there's any way to have
                        DigiKam use the existing files in the new
                        library instead of copying them all to a
                        separate location. My libraries are pretty
                        large.<br>
                        <br>
                        Thanks for any feedback folks.<br>
                        Shel</div>
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