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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Well I made a copy of digikamrc,
renamed it digikamrc2, and edited the 4 paths to point to a test
folder. 'I:\test\' where I placed a folder of jpg files. Then ran
the command:<br>
<br>
<font face="monospace">digiKam.exe --config
C:\Users\<winuser>\Pictures\digikamrc2</font><br>
<br>
The same command with just <font face="monospace">.\digikamrc
does launch DigiKam normally. But with \</font><font
face="monospace">digikamrc2 it opens and error window asking for
the location of database files:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://i.imgur.com/i4gZwkM.jpg"
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<br>
It's expecting to see database files in I:\Test\ like the ones
that it created for my current installation, which are:<br>
<br>
<font face="monospace"> Volume in drive I is Seagate 3TB<br>
Volume Serial Number is C490-6E90<br>
<br>
Directory of I:\DigiKam<br>
<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM <DIR> .<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM <DIR> ..<br>
08/10/2021 03:05 PM <DIR> .dtrash<br>
08/07/2021 02:08 PM <DIR> Bob<br>
08/10/2021 02:07 AM 232,562,688 digikam4 - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:25 PM 245,964,800 digikam4.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:34 PM 0 dir.txt<br>
08/08/2021 06:26 PM <DIR> NuPix<br>
08/10/2021 01:46 AM 32,768 recognition - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 32,768 recognition.db<br>
08/10/2021 01:46 AM 395,603,968 similarity - Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 406,282,240 similarity.db<br>
08/10/2021 02:11 AM 5,485,481,984 thumbnails-digikam -
Copy.db<br>
04/13/2022 09:21 PM 6,336,602,112 thumbnails-digikam.db<br>
9 File(s) 13,102,563,328 bytes<br>
5 Dir(s) 84,004,843,520 bytes free</font><br>
<br>
I've seen that error when I've failed to switch the external USB
drive on that holds my current library. <br>
<br>
I had my doubts that the 2nd config file was going to force
DigiKam to import my I:\Test\*.* files into a new profiles and
create all those sqlite db files.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
On 4/12/2022 10:58 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 13 avr. 2022
à 07:41, Shel Ritter <<a
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<div>So where do I get a 2nd config file Gilles?</div>
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<div>Dupplicates original file and change configuration
inside. It's a simple INI text file separated in sections.<br>
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<div> Do I just make a copy of the existing digikamrc
file, and then edit it and change the 4 local folder
paths I see there to a new location? <br>
<br>
This is what's in my current digikamrc:<br>
<font face="monospace">Database
Name=<DriveLetter>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Face=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font></font>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Similarity=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Thumbnails=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:/DigiKam/</font><br>
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Can I just make a copy named digikamrc2 and set:<br>
<font face="monospace">Database
Name=<DriveLetter>:/2ndConfig/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Face=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Similarity=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/<br>
Database Name Thumbnails=</font><font face="monospace"><font
face="monospace"><DriveLetter></font>:</font><font
face="monospace"><font face="monospace">/2ndConfig/</font>/DigiKam/</font><br>
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<div>exactly...</div>
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<div> And if that's all it takes, and I set the new path
to a folder on the system where the 2nd library files
reside, will that avoid having to copy a whole set of
duplicates to a new location as was the case for my
current library?<br>
<br>
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<div>Typically, yes. 2 separate databases which will not be in
concurrency.</div>
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<div>Gilles Caulier<br>
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<div> Thanks for your help on this Gilles.<br>
Shel<br>
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On 4/12/2022 8:29 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>You don't need to install 2 versions of digiKam
binary at different places.</div>
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<div>You will run the same binary but with 2 different
config files passed at startup. Use the right option
from digikam.exe command line for that. Create a
desktop icon with right properties to point of
digikam.exe and use the right CLI options.</div>
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<div>At end you must to have 2 digiKam desktop icons
pointing on 2 different config files</div>
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<div>Best</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Gilles Caulier<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 13 avr. 2022
à 01:09, Shel Ritter <<a
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<div>Thanks again to Gilles for pointing me to the
correct DigiKam config file, digikamrc in hopes
to set up a batch file for switching between to
separate instances of DigiKam in Windows. But
I'm still stuck at trying to figure out how to
create that 2nd DigiKam installation in Windows
to enable switching between the two. I could
rind the installer again and select a different
folder for the installation, but I'm afraid in
the process Windows will overwrite crucial files
critical to the 1st installation. Thanks for any
thoughts on this.<br>
Shel<br>
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On 4/8/2022 12:33 AM, Frédéric Da Vitoria wrote:<br>
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<div>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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<div dir="auto">Not at all. Yolov config file
is for face recognition…</div>
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<div dir="auto">The digiKam config file is
named digikamrc </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven.
8 avr. 2022 à 08:41, Shel Ritter <<a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
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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>
<div><br>
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On 4/7/2022 10:07 PM, Gilles Caulier
wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div><br>
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<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>
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<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>
</span></span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven.
8 avr. 2022 à 05:18, Shel Ritter
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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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