[Digikam-devel] [Bug 150181] New: digikam wants to delete the whole database (24.000Images) at startup when USB-Disk with the Photos is not connected

[andreas woelfel]

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           Summary: digikam wants to delete the whole database
                    (24.000Images) at startup when USB-Disk with the Photos
                    is not connected
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: freu_dich gmx de


Version:           0.9.2 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Hello,

I have stored about 24.000 Pictures on an external USB-Disk because the internal HD is too small.

The Bug:

Sometimes when I start digikam it happens that the USB-Disk is not mounted or switched off.
But if i insert a card while USB-Disk is not mounted digikam says that it can only start when i erase the database. 
I accidentialy said ok.
So all my keywords were lost afther digikam had rebuilt the database when USB-Disk was remounted...

I except this Behaviour:

Digikam recognizes that USB-Disk is not connected.
Digikam stores the Photos in a temporarily folder.
When restarting digikam - it moves / copies (I wish to have a choice here) the Photos from the temporarily folder(e.g. /home/user/pictures/temp/) to the default location (e.g. /USB-Disk/photos/).

Comment:

This behaviour is very useful when USB-Disk is for a period of time not available.
(e.g. a yourney where I use only the Notebook without the need of carrying external devices)