[Digikam-devel] [Bug 136206] Losing tags after an move or rename of imagefiles

[Gerhard Kulzer]

On Friday 27 June 2008 22:28:05 Kay Drangmeister wrote:
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> ------- Additional Comments From kay drangmeister net  2008-06-27 22:28
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> Please have a look into the digiKam manual (digikam_0.9.3.pdf), page 5 (9)
> "The Albums Missing Dialog", it says:
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> "If you want to move folders around, and do not want to do this in digiKam,
> we suggest to do that while digiKam is running, so the database will be
> kept in sync and you do not lose any metadata".
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> This (although about folders, not images) suggests that digiKam IS able to
> keep the FS and the DB in sync. Sorry for my assuming so.

Sorry for that misinstruction. The sentence should read 'move around images', 
I corrected it that way.

Thanks 
gerhard
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> So for being safe, it would be very much suggested that *everything* is
> being stored in the image files, right? Is there any data that cannot be
> saved this way? I am currently "horrified" that some information is stored
> only in the DB and a simple move/rename can cause severe data loss. (I've
> got a big image base and are searching for a safe way to save it, i.e. any
> metadata must be exportable (xml preferred) in case there's another tool
> available to migrate to in say 20 years :-)
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> Thanks,
> Kay
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